Struktur Subjunctive
be (past)
- I were
- you were
- he, she, it were
- we were
- you were
- they were
- I be
- you be
- he, she, it be
- we be
- you be
- they be
- I work
- you work
- he, she, it work
- we work
- you work
- they work
Kita menggunakan subjunctives ketika kita berbicara tentang suatu kegiatan yang sebenarnya tidak akan terjadi. Kita menggunakan subjunctive ketika berbicara tentang kegiatan yang seseorang:
- Inginkan agar terjadi
- Harapkan akan terjadi
- Membayangkan akan terjadi
- The President requests that you be present at the meeting.
- It is vital that you be present at the meeting.
- If you were at the meeting, the President would be happy.
- Kata Kerja: ask, command, demand, insist, propose, recommend, request, suggest + that
- Ekspresi: it is desirable, essential, important, necessary, vital + that
- The manager insists that the car park be locked at night.
- The board of directors recommended that he join the company.
- It is essential that we vote as soon as possible.
- It was necessary that every student submit his essay by the weekend.
- Present: The President requests that they stop the occupation.
- Past: The President requested that they stop the occupation.
- Present: It is essential that she be present.
- Past: It was essential that she be present.
- If I were you, I would ask her.
- Suppose she were here. What would you say?
Mengapa kita menggunakan "I were", "he were"?
Kita sering mendengar orang berkata "if I were you, I would go" atau "if he were here, he would tell you". Memang normalnya adalah: I was, he was. Tetapi struktur if I were you tidak melihat Past Tense". Struktur tersebut hanya mengenal past subjunctive untuk "to be" nya. Perhatikan contoh kata-kata/frase di bawah ini untuk struktur di atas:
- if
- as if
- wish
- suppose
- If I were younger, I would go. (FORMAL)
- If I was younger, I would go. (INFORMAL)
- If he weren't so mean, he would buy one for me.(FORMAL)
- If he wasn't so mean, he would buy one for me. (INFORMAL)
- I wish I weren't so slow! (FORMAL)
- I wish I wasn't so slow! (INFORMAL)
- I wish it were longer. (FORMAL)
- I wish it was longer. (INFORMAL)
- It's not as if I were ugly. (FORMAL)
- It's not as if I was ugly. (INFORMAL)
- She acts as if she were Queen. (FORMAL)
- She acts as if she was Queen. (INFORMAL)
- If I were you, I should tell her. (FORMAL)
- If I was you, I should tell her. (INFORMAL)
Beberapa ekspresi menggunakan subjunctive. Contoh:
- Long live the King!
- God bless America!
- Heaven forbid!
- Be that as it may, he still wants to see her.
- Come what may, I will never forget you.
- We are all citizens of the world, as it were.
kak klo she/he/it itu klo untuk past pke tobe was/were kak,
ReplyDeletetlong djwb ya ka, mkasih :)
ka, kalo was were itu perbedaan'y apa sh ka!
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