Stative Verb
Pengertian
- Stative Verb: Kata kerja statis, menggambarkan keadaan perasaan, pemikiran, indera, dan kepemilikan, tanpa aksi atau gerakan.
Kategori Stative Verb
- Perasaan atau Emosi
- Contoh: love, like, hate, want
- Contoh Kalimat: "Puja loves her job."
- Pemikiran
- Contoh: know, understand, remember, agree, imagine
- Contoh Kalimat: "I have known him since elementary school."
- Indra dan Persepsi
- Contoh: see, sound, smell, taste, feel, look
- Contoh Kalimat: "The song sounds good."
- Kepemilikan
- Contoh: have, own, belong
- Contoh Kalimat: "Andrew has three brothers."
Fungsi Stative Verb
- Menjelaskan informasi tentang subjek kalimat, bukan aktivitas.
- Contoh: "Indra hates bitter melon" (informasi tentang emosi Indra).
Tenses untuk Stative Verb
- Tidak digunakan dalam Continuous Tense.
- Contoh: Salah mengatakan "I am liking vegetables."
Kata Kerja yang Bisa Stative dan Action Verb
- Have
- Stative: "I have three apples."
- Action: "I'm having a wonderful day."
- Look
- Stative: "She looks beautiful."
- Action: "He is looking for a new job."
- Taste
- Stative: "This cookie tastes like orange."
- Action: "Lara is tasting Mishwe ice cream."
Kesimpulan
- Beberapa kata kerja dapat berfungsi sebagai stative dan action tergantung maknanya.
- Makna menentukan penggunaan tenses.
Practice
- Latihan untuk memperdalam pemahaman tentang stative verb.
Quote Penutup
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Pelajaran selanjutnya: Transitive and Intransitive Verb.