Pengertian Somehow
Somehow adalah adverb (kata keterangan) yang berarti “in a way that is not known or stated” (dengan cara yang tidak diketahui atau dinyatakan ~ entah bagaimana caranya). Pada North American English, someway dan someways dapat juga digunakan pada situasi informal. Somehow dapat pula bermakna “for a reason that you do not know or understand” (untuk alasan yang kamu tidak ketahui atau mengerti ~ entah mengapa). Kata ini dapat menempati posisi awal, tengah, dan akhir kalimat.
Lihat juga:
- anyway
- some/any
- some time, sometime, sometimes
- any more / anymore
- anyone, anybody, anything
- in any case
- in every way
- how is… ? what is… like?
- as for something
- for good
Contoh Kalimat Somehow dan Artinya
| 1 | Somehow they found out he was involved in scams. (Entah bagaimana caranya mereka menemukan bahwa dia terlibat dalam penipuan-penipuan.) in a way that is not known or stated |
| 2 | He somehow managed to get home. (Dia entah bagaimana caranya berhasil pulang ke rumah.) in a way that is not known or stated |
| 3 | Everything will be alright somehow. (Semuanya akan baik-baik saja entah bagaimana caranya.) in a way that is not known or stated |
| 4 | I get enough sleep, but somehow I still have dark circles under my eyes. (Saya tidur cukup, tapi entah kenapa saya masih memiliki lingkaran hitam di bawah mata saya.) for a reason that you do not know |
| 5 | He thinks renting property is somehow a massive waste of money. (Dia berpikir bahwa menyewa properti entah kenapa pemborosan uang besar-besaran.) for a reason that you do not know |
Related Posts:
- Adverbial of Purpose
- Adverb Order (Urutan Adverb)
- Adverbial Phrase
- Adverb of Time
- Relative Adverb
- So dan Such
- Adverb of Degree
- Adverbs of Place
- Adverb(ial) of Frequency
- Enough (Adverb)
References:
- Somehow. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/somehow. Accessed on January 20, 2018.
- Somehow. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/somehow. Accessed on January 20, 2018.
- Somehow. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/somehow. Accessed on January 20, 2018.
- Definition of ‘Somehow’. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/somehow. Accessed on January 21, 2018.