Pengertian dan Penggunaan Enjoy
Enjoy merupakan regular verb (past simple dan past participle: enjoyed, present participle: enjoying) yang bermakna “to get pleasure from something” (mendapatkan kesenangan dari sesuatu). Pada pengertian ini enjoy biasanya diikuti direct object berupa noun (phrase), personal pronoun, atau -ing form.
Kata kerja ini dapat diikuti reflexive pronoun seperti: myself, yourself, herself, himself, dan themselves sebagai direct object-nya dengan makna “to get pleasure from a situation you are in” (mendapatkan kesenangan dari situasi dimana kamu ada didalamnya).
Enjoy! (informal) digunakan tanpa direct object untuk mengatakan bahwa kamu berharap seseorang menikmati sesuatu.
Contoh Kalimat Enjoy dan Artinya
- I hope that you will enjoy your vacation.
(Saya berharap kamu akan menikmati liburanmu.) noun phrase - It was a great movie. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.
(Itu film yang bagus. Setiap orang tampak menikmatinya.) pronoun - They enjoy swimming and sunbathing.
(Mereka senang berenang dan berjemur.) -ing form - She really enjoyed herself at the gym.
(Dia benar-benar bersenang-senang di gym.) - Here is your coffee. Enjoy!
(Ini kopimu. Nikmati!)
References:
- Enjoy. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/enjoy. Accessed on November 9, 2016.
- Enjoy. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/enjoy. Accessed on November 9, 2016.
- Enjoy. http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/enjoy. Accessed on November 9, 2016.