Pernah dengar yang disebut Question Tags dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris? Bagaimana kalian mengartikan kalimat seperti ini dalam Bahasa Inggris?
Mereka sangat bersemangat bukan?
Pak guru berkata benar bukan?
What do you think? How will you say that in English?
Benar sekali. Mungkin kita akan mudah mengartikan kalimat yang ada di depan, tapi bagaimana kita mengartikan kata 'bukan?' atau biasanya kita juga mengucapkan 'kan?'. Kedua kata tersebut adalah kata-kata yang biasa kita ucapkan to ask an agreement, atau menanyakan persetujuan ataupun kesepakatan kita akan apa yang orang lain bicarakan atau sebaliknya.
Bentuk dari Question Tags itu sendiri biasanya apabila:
Statement-nya positif maka diikuti tag negatif.
Statement-nya negatif maka diikitu tag positif
Atau berkebalikan.
Let's check bellow:
Untuk memudahkan kita belajar, mari kita gunakan bahasa yang sederhana. Seperti biasa kalimat dalam Bahasa Inggris selalu diperkaya dengan to be (am, is, are, was, were), verbs, have/ has/ had, do/ does/ did, dan modal (will, can, shall, may dan must).
Examples:
Positive Statements with negative tags
They are so spirit full, aren't they?
We were friend, weren't we?
Teacher says the truth, doesn't he?
He came here two days a go, didn't he?
Sarah has opened her boutique, hasn't she?
They had kept their promise, hadn't they?
Kim can do his work better, can't he?
You should study hard, shouldn't you?
Negative Statements with positive tags
They aren't spirit full, are they?
We weren't friend, were we?
Teacher doesn't say the truth, does he?
He didn't come here two days a go, did he?
Sarah hasn't opened her boutique, has she?
They hadn't kept their promise, had they?
Kim can't do his work better, can he?
You shouldn't study hard, should you?
Besides apa yang sudah dijelaskan di atas we have also some special cases, atau kasus-kasus spesial beserta tags spesial juga.
Example:
1. Pada kalimat: 'I am okay' tag yang digunakan bukan 'amn't I', melainkan 'aren't I', jadi kalimatnya adalah sebagai berikut:
I am okay, aren't I?
2. Pada kalimat: 'You have three brothers', atau 'We have to go now', kita tidak menggunakan tag 'haven't you?' atau 'haven't we?'. Kenapa? Coba kita bandingkan dengan kalimat diatas:
Sarah and Bella have opened their boutique.
--> kalimat ini adalah Perfect Tense yang mana susunan kalimatnya adalah S + have/ has/ had + V3, maka ia kan menggunakan tag 'haven't they?'
Sementara kalimat:
* You have three brothers; dan
* We have to go now.
Kedua kalimat diatas memiliki susunan kalimat yang terdiri dari S + V + Comp.
Do you know what I mean? Berarti have pada dua kalimat di atas tersebut adalah Verb, so, it's mean that we have to use tag'don't we?', menjadi seperti dibawah ini:
* You have three brother, don't you?
* We have to go now, don't we?
3. Kalimat: 'Nothing stay in here tonight', kita menggunakan tag 'did it?', jadi susunannya adalah:
Nothing stay in here tonight, did it?
4. Kalimat: : 'Let's work together', yang mana Let's adalah singkatan dari Let us, memiliki tags 'shall we?' menjadi:
Let's work together, shall we?
Bagaimana? Sudah jelas tentang apa yang disebut Question Tags? Meskipun untuk saat ini terutama pada American English tag lebih sering diganti menjadi 'right?' saja, contohnya:
We have to study hard, right?
Tetapi bagaimanapun juga Question Tags yang sebenar-benarnya tetaplah harus dipelajari.
Now check the video from ABA English below!
Dan lihat juga teks dari dialog diatas:
ABA ENGLISH
UNIT 12. THE DEPRESSED WORKMATE
Andy : Nice day, isn’t it?
James : No, not so nice.
Andy : You are a little bit depressed, aren’t you?
James : Am I?
Andy : Well, you aren’t in a good mood, are you?
James : I’m always in the good mood.
Andy : You are English, aren’t you?
James : Yes I am.
Andy : So, be happy.
James : Why, because I am English?
Andy : Yes, because you are English, because you are not ill, because it’s sunny, because you have a pretty wife and because it’s a good idea, isn’t it?
James : Yeah, you’re right Andy. It’s a nice day, isn’t it? Thank you.
Bagaimana menurut kalian? Bukankah kita banyak menemui tags pada dialog tersebut? Well student! Perhatikan baik-baik dialog diatas dan jangan lupa perhatikan juga bagaimana mereka mengucapkan tags tersebut. OK!
taken from ABA English
Have you seen the dialogue above?
Yeah…. That dialogue is about three people, they are Frank, David and Suzanne. However, what are exactly they talking about?
Don’t you know that in one dialogue we can find many expressions? Watch carefully. Started from the first dialogue between Frank and David:
Frank : Hello David.
David : Hi Frank, how are you?
Frank : Fine thank, and you?
David : Very well, thank you.
What kind of expression above? That was GREETINGS
Greetings itself has two ways to said, they are Formal and Informal based on the occasion. And here are the expressions:And continuo to the next conversation, still between Frank, David and Suzanne:
General Greeting (Formal) Response
Hello * Hello
How are you? * I'm fine and you?
How is going on. * I'm very well, thank you
How is everything?
How have you been keeping? * So am I.
It's always pleasure to see you.
I'm happy to see you.
General Greeting (Informal)
Hi. * Hi
What's up? * Fine, and what about you?
How is it going on? * Fine, and you?
It"s been such a long time.
Long time no see
Frank : Oh David, this is Suzanne.
David : Hello Suzanne. My name is David. David Robinson.
Suzanne : Hi, David. Nice to meet you.
David : Please to meet you, too.
That expression is INTRODUCING.
Introducing derived from the word Introduce, which has meaning ‘mengenalkan’ in Indonesian.
Expressing Introduction can be: Introducing ourselves, and introducing someone else;
Introducing ourselves consists of mentioning name, birth of date, hobby, address, etc. Such as:
Hello, may I introduce myself? My name is Kathy, my date of birth is August, 23th 1996, I live in Wonosobo, my hobby is singing.
While Introducing someone else can be seen in the conversation between three people above.
Go to the next conversation that we have heard above. This dialogue is only between David and Suzanne. Watch carefully!
Suzanne : Nice party with interesting people.
David : Yeah, and one very pretty girl.
Suzanne : What? A pretty girl?
What can you find on the conversation above? Did you see the underlined sentence above? What do you think they do? Yes, you’re right. They are complimenting each other. So, what exactly compliment means in Indonesian? Compliment has the Indonesian meaning ‘memuji’, you can see how Suzanne was complimenting the party and David give his compliment to Suzanne.
Beside that underlined sentence we can also use these following statements to compliment others.
Here are the expressions:
* What a nice clothes?
* You look great.
* I really must express my admiration for you.
* Excellent!
* Nice work.
* I’m so salute to you.
etc.
And they are usually responded by saying Thank you.
David : Thirsty?
Here you are. A glass of champagne.
Suzanne : Oh thank you David. You’re very kind.
And that’s the next expression. Can you define what expression above? That was an Offering Something. You can see that David was offering something to Suzanne.
1.Offering can be divided into three, they can be:
2.Offering Help
3.Offering Something to other
OFFERING
ACCEPTING AN OFFER
REFUSING AN OFFER
Offering Help
·Yes, please.
·That’s very kind of you.
·That would be nice.
·Thanks a lot.
·I’d love to.
·Yes, please.
·Many thanks.
·That’s very kind of you, but …..
·I appreciate that, but …..
·I’m sorry.
·I’m sorry I can do myself.
·I’d love to, but ……
·Not for me, thanks.
·No, thank you.
·May I help you?
·What can I do for you?
·Is there anything I can do for you?
·Would you like me to ….
·I’d be happy to help you.
·Shall I ….
·Would you like me to …..
Offering Something
·Would you like me to ……
·Can I get you some …….
·Would you like some ……
·Want some?
·Here you are. A glass of champagne.
Well student, after you’ve read this, we may see that we can insert many expressions in one dialogue. Now, how about you? I’m sure that you understand. Let’s try to make the dialogue which containing many expressions, then ask your friend to practice it.
Learn them carefully. OK!