Pengertian Had Better
Had better digunakan untuk mengatakan kepada seseorang untuk melakukan sesuatu. Phrasal modal yang diikuti bare infinitive (infinitive tanpa to) ini digunakan ketika kita berpikir bahwa akan ada negative result (hasil negatif) jika seseorang tidak melakukan aksi tersebut. Pada situasi informal had better dapat disingkat menjadi ‘d better.
Lihat juga:
- have been/gone to
- have got dan have
- have (somebody) do (something)
- have (something) done
- modal verb
- must / have to
- perfect modal
- can/be able to
- can/could
- be going to / will
Negative form (bentuk negatif) dari had better adalah had better not (atau ‘d better not), sedangkan question (kalimat pertanyaan) didapat dengan menginversi subject dengan had menjadi had + S + better yang setara dengan should namun lebih formal. Adapula negative question hadn’t + S + better yang lebih sering digunakan.
| positive | S + had better + bare infinitive |
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| negative | S + had better + not + bare infinitive |
| question |
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Contoh Kalimat Had Better dan Artinya
| 1 | You‘d better go to bed now before falling asleep sitting here. (Kamu sebaiknya pergi tidur sekarang sebelum tertidur duduk disini.) |
| 2 | She‘d better not park her car on the street. Her neighbor might get annoyed. (Dia seharusnya tidak memarkir mobilnya di jalan. Tetangganya mungkin akan jengkel.) |
| 3 | Had I better tell my friend that he has body odor? (Apakah sebaiknya saya mengatakan kepada teman saya bahwa dia memiliki bau badan?) |
| 4 | Hadn’t we better leave a message saying where we’ve gone? (Apakah tidak sebaiknya kita meninggalkan pesan yang mengatakan kemana kita pergi?) |
Related Posts:
- Polite Request (Formal dan Informal)
- Modal Auxiliary Verb
- Auxiliary Verb
- Will vs. Be Going to
- Be going to
- be used to / used to (do)
- Must / Have to dan Mustn’t / Not Have to
- can / be able to
- Emphatic “Do”
- Could / Was Able to
References:
- Had Better. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/modals-and-modality/had-better. Accessed on April 30, 2019.
- (Had) Better Do Something. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/had-better-do-something. Accessed on December 11, 2016.
- Modals of Advice: Should, Ought to, Had better. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/ELC/STUDYZONE/330/grammar/330-modals-advice.htm. Accessed on December 11, 2016.
- Had Better. https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/had-better. Accessed on April 30, 2019.