Pengertian Causative Verb
Causative verb adalah kata kerja yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan bahwa subject 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, agent biasanya tidak disebutkan.
Let, make, have, dan get merupakan causative verb yang umum digunakan.
Verb | Fungsi | Rumus Active dan Passive Causative |
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Let | membiarkan seseorang melakukan sesuatu | Active: S + let + agent + action verb (bare infinitive) + … |
Make | memaksa atau sangat menyakinkan seseorang untuk melakukan sesuatu | Active: S + (make-made) + agent + action verb (bare infinitive) + … |
Have | memberi tanggung jawab kepada seseorang untuk mengerjakan sesuatu untuk subjek | Active: S + (have-had) + agent + action verb (bare infinitive) + object |
Passive: S + (have-had) + object + action verb (V-3) | ||
Get | mirip dengan have namun dengan struktur kalimat yang berbeda | Active: S + (get-got) + agent + action verb (to infinitive) + … |
Passive: S + (got) + object + action verb (V-3) |
Rumus dan Contoh Kalimat Causative Verbs
Rumus | Verbs | Contoh Kalimat Causative Verb |
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Active Causative Verbs | have-had | Lala had her friend take her result test. |
get-got | She got her parents to buy her a tennis racket. | |
The boy got his cat to chase a mouse. | ||
make-made | The woman made her daughter eat up the tomatoes. | |
The manager makes her staff work hard. | ||
let | My father lets me choose my own future carrier. | |
The shepherd lets his sheep graze in the meadow. | ||
Passive Causative Verbs | have-had | I had my house renovated last week. |
He had his book returned as soon as possible. | ||
get-got | Teddy got the money saved in the bank. | |
Yulia got her bedroom cleaned. |