Pengertian dan Penggunaan Happen
Happen merupakan regular verb (past simple dan past participle: happened, present participle: happening) yang bermakna “to take place, especially without being planned” (terjadi khususnya tanpa direncanakan).
Happen + infinitive (to be / to do something) digunakan untuk mengungkapkan sesuatu yang terjadi secara kebetulan. Verb ini dapat pula diikuti to + direct object (something/somebody) untuk menyatakan bahwa sesuatu yang tak diduga terjadi kepada direct object.
Contoh Kalimat Happen
| No | Contoh Kalimat Happen |
|---|---|
| 1 | Happy endings happen all the time. (Akhir yang bahagia terjadi sepanjang waktu.) |
| 2 | Guess what happened at work today. (Tebak apa yang terjadi di kantor hari ini.) |
| 3 | What’s happening at the conference in London? (Apa yang sedang terjadi di konferensi di London?) |
| 4 | I happen to know his uncle. (Saya secara kebetulan mengenal pamannya.) happen + infinitive |
| 5 | They just happened to be there. (Mereka hanya kebetulan berada di sana.) happen + infinitive |
| 6 | This will help you find out what happened to your car. (Ini akan membantumu mengetahui apa yang terjadi pada mobilmu.) happen + to + something |
| 7 | No one knows what happened to Rina. (Tidak seorangpun tahu apa yang terjadi pada Rina.) happen + to + somebody |
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References:
- Happen. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/common-verbs/happen. Accessed on November 21, 2016.
- Happen. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/happen. Accessed on November 21, 2016.
- Happen. http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/happen. Accessed on November 21, 2016.
- Happen to. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/happen-to. Accessed on November 21, 2016.