Bentuk infinitive, penggunaan infinitive, verb dan noun yang mengikuti infinitive, dan contoh-contoh nya

The infinitive

1. Pada dasarnya bentuk infinitive atau lebih kita kenal dengan sebutan to infinitive terdiri dari dua kata, yaitu to + verb, tetapi untuk sebagian kata kata dan ekspresi ekspresi tertentu, maka kita menggunakan bentuk infinitive tanpa to atau bare infinitive.
2. Bentuk - bentuk infinitive

• Present infinitive, to + verb1: to work, to do, to go, to tell, to walk, to cook.
• Present continuous infinitive, to + be + verb-ing: to be working, to be going, to be washing, to be eating.
• Perfect infinitive, to + have + verb3: to have worked, to have gone, to have done.
• Perfect continuous infinitive, to + have + been + verb-ing: to have been doing, to have been eating, to have been running.
• Present infinitive passive, to + be + verb3: to be done, to be taken, to be helped.
• Perfect infinitive passive, to + have + been + verb3: to have been taken, to have been helped.

1. Penggunaan infinitive

1. Infinitive digunakan sebegai kata yang berdiri sendiri, contohnya:
   She wants to go.
2. Infinitive digunakan sebagai subjek dalam sebuah kalimat, contohnya:
   To learn math is not a hard thing.
   To do a charity seems interesting.
   Note: meskipun bentuk gerund juga dapat digunakan untuk mengganti infinitive.
3. Infinitive digunakan sebagai object atau complement dari verb, contohnya:
   He attempts to get good score.
   They planned to go abroad.
   She doesn’t agree to give me money.
   Daftar beberapa verbs yang secara langsung diikuti ole infinitive adalah:
    
    
   
   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

 

1. Penggunaan infinitive dengan how/what/when/where/which/why, contohnya:
   She finds out where to repair her radio.
   They didn’t know how to solve the problem
   He have decided when to start the project.
   I understand what to explain.
   He showed me what materials to use.
   Note: verbs yang sering digunakan untuk bentuk kalimat ini, yaitu:
   
   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

1. Infinitive digunakan setelah kata benda tertentu (certain nouns)
   Selain digunakan setelah verbs tertentu, infinitive juga ditempatkan setelah penggunaan beberapa kata benda tertentu, daftarnya seperti di bawah ini:
   
   
    

 

Contoh kalimat:

• Her ambition to be a great singer is influencing her motivation to work harder
• His effort to get a great work is really worth
• I make promise to visit him next week.
• My ability to speak Germany is quite useful.

1. Infinitive ditunjukan dengan penggunaan to
   Hal ini dilakukan untuk menghindari pengulangan kata kerja sebelumnya, sehingga yang digunakan hanya kata to, namun hal ini hanya dapat diterapkan untuk kata kerja (verbs) dan setelah auxiliary seperti di bawah ini:
   
   
    

 

 

 

 

Contoh kalimat:

Would you like to join with us? -Yes, I’d love to.

Have you found your key? -No, I’ve tried to, but it couldn’t see it anywhere.

Do you smoke? -No, I don’t but I used to.

She wanted to go but she wasn’t able to.

Have you done your homework? -No, but I am just going to.

 

 

Itulah beberapa penggunaan infinitive dalam kalimat, thank you for reading! Semoga bermanfaat J