Pengertian
Causative Verb
Causative verb adalah kata kerja yang digunakan
untuk menunjukkan bahwasubject tidak
bertanggungjawab langsung terhadap aksi yang terjadi melainkan seseorang atau
sesuatu yang lain yang melakukan aksi tersebut.
Fungsi
dan Rumus Causative Verbs
Kalimat causative
verb terbagi menjadi 2 macam, yaitu active dan passive
causative. Pada kalimat active causative verb, agent (yang
mengerjakan aksi) diketahui.
Sebaliknya,
pada kalimat passive causative verb, agentbiasanya
tidak disebutkan.
Let, make, have, dan get merupakan causative verb yang
umum digunakan. Fungsi dan rumus let, make, have,
dan getsebagai berikut.
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Verb
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Fungsi
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Rumus Active dan Passive Causative
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Let
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membiarkan
seseorang melakukan sesuatu
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Make
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memaksa
atau sangat menyakinkan seseorang untuk melakukan sesuatu
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Active:
S + (make-made) + agent + action verb (bare infinitive) + … |
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Have
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menginginkan
seseorang mengerjakan sesuatu untuk subjek
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Active:
S + (have-had) + agent + action verb (bare infinitive) + object |
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Passive:
S + (have-had) + object + action verb (V-3) |
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Get
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mirip
dengan have namun dengan struktur
kalimat yang berbeda
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Active:
S + (get-got) + agent + action verb (toinfinitive) + … |
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Passive:
S + (got) + object + action verb (V-3) |
Contoh
Kalimat Causative Verbs
Beberapa
contoh causative verb pada struktur active dan passive sebagai
berikut.
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Rumus
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Verbs
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Contoh Kalimat Causative Verb
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Active Causative Verbs
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have-had
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Amirah had her friend take her medic recipe.
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Budi had the teacher speak slowly.
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get-got
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He got her parents to
buy his
a car.
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Lala got his cat to
chase a
mouse.
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make-made
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Mother made her daughter eat
up the
tomatoes.
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The
manager makes her staff work hard.
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let
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My
daddy lets me choose my own future carrier.
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The
shepherd lets his sheep graze in the meadow.
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Passive Causative Verbs
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have-had
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I had my house renovated last month.
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He had his book returned as soon as possible.
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get-got
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Anto got the money saved in the bank.
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Ika
got her bedroom cleaned.
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