To Be penjelasan macam dan fungsi

Secara harfiah, to be berarti ada atau adalah. Namun, dalam bahasa Indonesia, to be pada umumnya tidak diterjemahkan. To be biasanya digunakan sebagai penghubung antara subjek dan predikat.

Secara umum TO BE memiliki empat fungsi/arti dalam kalimat sederhana:

a. BE memiliki arti "adalah" bila diikuti oleh kata benda/noun.

Example:

- She is a teacher. - David is an artist.

- He is a manager. - Charles is a doctor.

- They are students.

b. BE memiliki arti "ada"/"berada" bila diikuti oleh verb of place (kata keterangan tempat).

Example:

- I am here. - She is at her house.

- They are at home now. - We were in the beach yesterday.

- You are in my heart.

c. BE memiliki arti "menjadi" apabila terletak setelah verb/kata kerja didalam kalimat verbal.

Example:

- She wants to be a secretary. - He wants to be a manager.

- They wanna be policemen. - I wanna be a lecturer.

d. BE tidak memiliki arti/makna apapun bila diikuti ole adjective.

Example:

- She is very beautiful. - Diana was humble.

- He is handsome. - Nungky is fussy.

- They are cute.