Family Members, Anggota Keluarga dalam Bahasa Inggris

Salam belajar para sahabat ngapung! Kali ini artikel kita akan membahas mengenai family members in English. mungkin terdengar tidak asing, namun, jangan salah ada beberapa dari kita yang agak sulit sekali ketika mengungkapkan family member (anggota keluarga) dalam bahasa Inggris. Untuk itu, kali ini saya akan membahasnya secara khusus. Secara umum, anggota keluarga bisa dibagi dua, yang pertama kelurga inti (core family) yang terdiri dari orang tua dan anak-anak, kemudian ada kelurga luar, maksudnya anggota keluarga di luar keluarga inti, seperti kakek, paman, bibi, dan sebagainya.

Berikut adalah daftar kosa kata anggota keluarga dan artinya:

            Ayah      : father

            Ibu          : mother

            Orang tua       : parents

            Anak laki-laki    : son

            Anak perempuan  : daughter

            Anak     : child (jamak: children)

            Suami   : husband

            Istri       : wife

            Paman   : uncle

            Bibi        : aunt

            Saudara laki-laki           : brother

            Saudara perempuan    : sister

            Saudara kandung          : sibling

            Keponakan perempuan        : niece

            Keponakan laki-laki        : nephew

            Sepupu                                : cousin

            Kakek-nenek                     : grandparents

            Kakek                                  : grand father

            Nenek                                  : grand mother

            Cucu                                    : grandchild (jamak: grandchildren)

            Cucu laki-laki                   : grand son

            Cucu perempuan            : grand daughter

            Saudara ipar laki-laki        : brother in-law

            Saudara ipar perempuan     : sister in-law

            Menantu laki-laki                   : son in-law

            Menantu perempuan            : daughter in-law

            Mertua laki-laki           : father in-law

            Mertua perempuan    : mother in-law

            Ayah tiri                    : step father

            Ibu tiri                       : step mother

            Saudara tiri (laki-laki)           : step brother

            Saudara tiri (perempuan)    : step sister

            Kerabat              : relatives

            Janda                  : widow

            Duda                  : widower

            Bayi                    : baby

Cukup lengkap ya mengenai anggota keluarga. Walaupun terlihat gampang, tapi butuh waktu untuk menghafalnya.

Semoga bermanfaat untuk para pembelajar bahasa Inggris.

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Ungkapan Meminta Maaf/ Aplogizing dalam Bahasa Inggris

Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari tentunya kita tidak akan lepas dari yang namanya berbuat salah, dan setiap orang harus mengetahui apa yang harus dilakukan dan dikatakan setelah berbuat kesalahan. Pada artikel ini, kita fokus bagaimana mengungkapkan rasa menyesal dan meminta maaf. Dalam kehidupan Amerika, menurut buku Speaking Naturally karya Bruce Tillitt, ada beberapa hal atau situasi dimana seseorang , American,  harus meminta maaf, misalnya:

Menyakiti perasaan seseorang atau menyebabkan kesalahpahaman;

Terlambat pada suatu pertemuan;

Memotong pembicaraan atau pertemuan;

Mengambil barang orang lain secara tidak sengaja;

Bertingkah tidak sopan;

Merusak barang orang lain;

Membocorkan rahasia seseorang tanpa sengaja;

Menelepon seseorang pada larut malam atau di pagi buta;

Menelepon salah sambung;

Menyenggol seseorang tanpa sengaja.

Bahkan, mereka meminta maaf jika hewan peliharaannya melakukan kesalahan dengan membuat kekacauan.

Bagaimana mereka mengungkapkan rasa bersalah mereka?

Berikut adalah ungkapan rasa maaf / apologizing dalam bahasa Inggris beserta respon/ tanggapan yang bisa digunakan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari:

APOLOGY                                                                   RERSPONSE

Forgive me. I’m terribly sorry about …                  that’s quite all right.

Forgive me. I’m terribly sorry about …                  I understand completely.

Please accept my apologies for …               You really don’t have anything to apologize for.

Please excuse (my dog).                                           You don’t need to apologize.

I would like to apologize for …                                I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.

I apologize for…                                                        Oh that’s all right. It can happen to anyone.

I apologize for …                                                       It’s not your fault.

I apologize for …                                                       Oh, well, that’s life.

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to …                                   Don’t worry about it.

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to …                                    It’s OK.

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to …                                   That’s OK.

Oh no! did I do that? I’m sorry.                               It’s OK.

Oh! Sorry!                                                                   No problem.

Oops.                                                                            Forget it.

Penggunaan yang lain ungkapan  “I’m sorry”

Ungkapan “I’m sorry” tidak selalu merupakan ungkapan meminta maaf. Ungkapan ini juga digunakan untuk mengungkapkan rasa simpati terhadap seseorang, seperti ketika orang lain terkena musibah, kita mengucapkan “I’m sorry to hear that.”

Mudahkan ya?! Sekian dulu ya?! Semoga bermanfaat. Happy studying!

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Contoh Narrative Text untuk Story Telling: Timun Emas

Artikel kali ini merupakan artikel lanjutan yang bertajuk pengertian narrative text.  Artikel ini ditunjukkan kepada para pembaca yang sedang mencari contoh-contoh  teks naratif. Contoh teks naratif sangat banyak, pada artikel ini saya tuliskan contoh teks naratif dalam bahasa Inggris berupa cerita rakyat dari Indonesia yaitu timun emas.

Timun Emas

Long time ago, there lived an old woman named Embok Sirni. She lived by herself because her husband had long passed away and she had no children. Every day, she prayed, so God would give her a child. One night, when she was praying, a giant passed her house and heard her pray. “I can give you a child in one condition,” the giant said to mbok Sirni. “You must give the child back to me when the child is sixteen years old.” Mbok Sirni was so happy; she did not think about the risk of losing the child later and agreed to take the giant’s offer. The giant then gave her a bunch of cucumber seeds. “plant it around your house”. The giant then left without saying anything else. In the morning, mbok Sirni planted the seeds. The seeds grew within few days, and blossomed plentifully. No longer after that, a big golden cucumber grew from the plants. Carefully, mbok Sirni plucked the golden cucumber and carried it home. With caution and care, she sliced the cucumber. She was very surprised to see a beautiful baby girl inside the cucumber. The she named the baby Timun Emas, which means Golden Cucumber.

Years passed by and Timun Emas had grown to become a lovely and beautiful girl. She was also smart and kind. Mbok sirni loved her very much. But she kept thinking about the time the giant would take timun emas away from her. one night, mbok sirni had a dream. In order to save timun emas from the giant, she had to meet the holy man who lived in mount gundul. The next morning, mbok sirni left timun emas to go to mount gundul. The holy man then gave her four little bags. Each one contained cucumber seeds, needles, salt, and shrimp paste. “Timun emas can use these to protect herself,” said the holy man to mbok sirni.

A few days later, the giant came to see Mbok sirni about her promise. “mbok sirni! Where is timun emas?” shouted the giant. “my daughter, take these bags with you. they can save you from the giant. Now, run through the back door!” said mbok sirni. But the giant saw timun emas running to the woods. The giant was angry, starved and enraged, he rushed toward timun emas. Mbok sirni tried to stop him, but the giant was unstoppable.

The giant was getting closer and closer,timun emas opened the first bag she got from mbok sirni. Inside the bag, there were cucumber seeds. She threw the seeds, and instantly they grew into large cucumber field. But the giant ate them all, giving him more strength. As the giant was getting closer, timun emas took the second bag with needles inside and spilled the content behind her. the needles turned into bamboo trees, sharp and thorny. The giant’s body was scratched and bled. “aaargh, I’ll get you, timun emas!” shouted the giant as he tried to get himself out from the bamboo fields. He made it and still chasing timun emas.

Timun emas then reached the third bag and spilled the salt inside. The ground which the salt touched turned into a deep sea. The giant almost drown and had to swim to cross the sea. After some time, he managed to get out from the water. Timun emas saw the giant coming, so she reached for the last bag. She took the shrimp paste and threw it. the shrimp paste became a big swamp of boiling mud. The giant was trapped in the middle of the swamp. The mud slowly but surely drowned him. Helpless, he roared out, “help! Heeelp…!” then the giant drowned and died. Timun emas then immediately went back home. Since then, timun emas and mbok sirni lived happily ever after.

the end.

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Pengertian dan Contoh Narrative Text dalam Bahasa Inggris

Narrative text adalah teks yang menceritakan tentang kejadian, entah itu nyata, khayalan atau fiksi. Teks ini lebih fokus pada bagaimana suatu kejadian itu terjadi. Tujuan dari narrative text adalah untuk menghibur pembaca, atau untuk pembelajaran.

Narrative text terdiri dari tiga bagian:

The orientation                     : bagian ini memperkenalkan para tokoh cerita, setting tempat dan    juga setting waktu.

The Complication                : bagian ini menjelaskan masalah yang ada dalam cerita dan cara     penyelesaian masalah tersebut.

The resolution                       : bagian ini menjelaskan bagaimana cerita tersebut berakhir.

Narrative text biasanya menggunakan simple past tense.

Berikut  saya berikan contoh beberapa narrative text dalam bahasa Inggris.

                                                    Landi the Porcupine

There was a porcupine named Landi. He was lonely. No one wanted to play with him because they were afraid of his spikes.

“Dear Landi. We don’t want to play with you because your spikes are too sharp. We don’t want you to hurt us,” Said Cici the rabbit one day.

“Cici is right, Landi. It is not because you are bad or rude to us. No, Landi! Just because of your spikes. They will stab us when we come close to you,” Said Tito the rooster.

Landi felt lonely. He murmured, “Why don’t they want to play with me?”

Landi spent most of the time day dreaming at the river bank. “I would have lots of friends and play with them if no spikes were on my body. I would be happy. I would not be lonely like this. What a shame!”

Suddenly, Kuku the turtle appeared from the river. He came to Landi and said, “Landi, what are you thinking of?”

“Oh, nothing,” Landi replied.

“Don’t lie to me, Landi. Please tell me your problem. Who knows I can help you,” Kuku said wisely. Then he sat beside Landi. He wasn’t afraid of Landi’s spikes.

Shortly, Landi told Kuku his problem. Kuku nodded his head. He said, “Poor you. but it is not your fault. I know, your spikes are very useful and helpful to you. Your friends will realize it someday. Trust me, Landi..”

“Thanks Kuku. You are really my best friend. You are the only one here who wants to be my friend.”

One day, Sam the frog held his birthday party. He invited all his friends, including Landi. But he decided not to come. He didn’t want to mess up the party.

“I’ll come with you, Landi. I’ll tell everyone that you are harmless,” said Kuku. Finally, Landi attended the party.  Every one enjoyed it.

Suddenly, Tito ran here and there screaming, “Help …help …! The evil wolf is coming. Save yourselves!” then everyone ran to save their lives, except Kuku and Landi. Kuku pulled his head and legs into his shell. Landi rolled his body into a ball.

Unintentionally, the evil wolf stepped his foot on Landi. Of course, the spikes pricked him. He screamed, “Ouch!” Since his foot was bleeding, he didn’t chase Landi’s friends any longer. Then he ran away.

“Horray … horray …! Long live Landi! He saved our lives,” said Cici and her friends. Everyone shook Landi’s  hand and thanked him. From then on, Landi wasn’t lonely anymore. His friends knew that his spikes would not hurt anyone, unless they wanted to hurt Landi.

  

Contoh narrative text yang lain akan saya posting di artikel selanjutnya. yterima kasih semoga bermanfaat.

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Perbedaan Present Continuous dan Present Perfect Continuous

Sedikit berbagi, beberapa waktu yang lalu ketika membahas tentang tenses bagian present perfect continuous salah seorang siswa bertanya apa perbedaan antara present continuous dan present perfect continuous, terus kenapa kita menggunakan present perfect continuos jika ingin mengatakan sedang. Pertanyaan itu memberi ide untuk membuat artikel ini.

Kita mulai saja apa yang membedakan antara present continuous dan present perfect continuous.

Kita bahas present perfect continuous dulu yah?!

Kita perhatikan situasi berikut:

Al and Ann are in their car right now. They are driving home. It is now four o’clock.

(Al dan Ann sedang berada di dalam mobil mereka sekarang. Mereka sedang mengendarai mobil untuk pulang. Sekarang jam 4)

(a)       They have been driving since two o’clock.

(mereka sudah berkendara sejak jam 2.)

(b)       They have been driving for two hours.

(mereka sudah berkendara selama 2 jam.)

Catatan:

Present perfect continuous menerangkan tentang berapa lama suatu kejadian yang sedang terjadi saat ini sudah dilakukan/ sudah terjadi.  Keterangan waktu yang biasa digunakan pada tenses ini adalah since dan for.

Present perfect continuous mengungkapkan durasi suatu kejadian yang sudah terjadi dan masih terjadi saat ini. Jadi salah jika kita mengatakan:

They are driving since two o’clock. (mereka sedang berkendara sejak jam 2.)

Jika dibandingkan dengan present continuous, present continuous tidak mengungkapkan durasi waktu. Present continuous menjelaskan kejadian saat ini sedang terjadi saja, tidak membicarakan berapa lama kejadian tersebut sudah berlangsung. Jadi salah jika kita mengatakan:

They have been dring right now. (mereka sudah berkendara sekarang.)

Gampang sekali alias mudah kan?jika masih bingung, baca juga artikel present continuous.

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