Penggunaan Maybe dan Perhaps

Maybe dan perhaps merupakan sinonom. Dua kata ini digunakan ketika ingin menunjukkan bahwa sesuatu ada kemungkinan terjadi atau mungkin benar, namun speaker tidak merasa yakin.

Maybe seringnya menempati posisi awal atau akhir kalimat, sementara perhaps menempati awal, tengah, atau akhir kalimat. Perhaps sedikit lebih formal dari maybe.

Lihat juga:

• Else
• At All
• Ago

Contoh Kalimat Maybe dan Perhaps dan Artinya

1. Maybe he’ll come back.
   (Mungkin dia akan kembali.)
2. A: Will you cancel the payment? B: Maybe.
   (Apakah kamu akan membatalkan pembayaran tersebut? Mungkin.)
3. Perhaps he’s lost your phone number.
   (Mungkin dia telah kehilangan nomor teleponmu.)
4. She is, perhaps, the most qualified candidate for this position.
   (Dia mungkin kandidat yang paling layak untuk posisi ini.)
5. A: Are you going to the party tonight? B: I don’t know. Perhaps.
   (Apakah kamu akan ke pesta malam ini? Saya tidak tahu. Mungkin.)

References:

1. Maybe or Perhaps? https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/maybe-or-perhaps. Accessed on December 9, 2016.
2. Maybe. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/maybe. Accessed on December 5, 2016.
3. Maybe. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/maybe. Accessed on December 4, 2016.
4. Maybe. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/maybe. Accessed on December 9, 2016.
5. Perhaps. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/perhaps. Accessed on December 9, 2016.
6. Perhaps. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/perhaps. Accessed on December 9, 2016.

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