Lesson 3A : Infinitive
1) Infinitive
- I want eat ❌
- I want to eat ✅
- aturannya dalam 1 klausa tidak bisa ada 2 verb
- Verb yang kedua harus berubah menjadi
- "to + verb1" (infinitive)
- atau "verb + ing" (gerund)
- Secara aturan "want" hanya bisa diikuti oleh infinitive
- She wants to go home ✅
- She wants going home ❌
- Contoh
- He needs water to drink
- She wants to read
- She wants go home ❌
- She wants to go to home ❌
- She wants to go home ✅ ? penjelasan di FAQ 3
Aturan verb yang lazimnya diikuti infinitive
- want
- i want to go
- she wants to go home
- need
- i need to study
- decide
- he decides to study english
- he decided to study english (lampau)
- hope
- i hope to see you
- plan
- we plan to travel
- agree
- he agreed to help me (lampau)
- refuse
- i asked her yesterdey, but she refused to answer (lampau)
- i ask her everyday, but she refuses to answer
- promise
- he promised to come (lampau)
- offer
- she offered to help (lampau)
- choose
- they chose to stay (lampau)
- expect
- i expect to finish soon
- manage
- she managed to escape (lampau)
- learn
- he is learning to swim
- he learns to swim
- he learns swimming ❌
- afford
- i can't afford to buy it
- pretend
- he pretended to sleep
- attempt
- she attempted to open the door (lampau)
- fail
- he failed to understand (lampau)
- seem
- she seems to know the answer
- appear
- he appears to be tired
Aturan verb yang dapat diikuti infinitive maupun gerund
- try
- remember
- stop
- like
Penggunaan infinitive dan gerund juga memiliki konteks tertentu yang maknanya nanti bisa berbeda, contoh pada i like to swim vs i like swimming (verb like bisa diikuti infinitive maupun gerund), maka akan kita bahas nanti pada konten FAQ tentang infinitive dan gerund klik disini
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