Perbedaan have to, has to dan had to

Tahukah kalian jika dalam bahasa inggris penambahan kata (biasanya kada depan) dalam suatu kata tertentu akan mengakibatkan memiliki arti yang snagat berbeda dengan kata dasarnya. Sebagia contoh have yang sudah kita kenal memiliki arti memiliki/ mempunyai. Akan tetapi jika diberi akhiran tomenjadi have tomaka akan memiliki arti harus. Keduanya sama-sama kata kerja utama (main verbs).

perbedaan have to has to had to

Perhatikan contoh berikut:

– We have three options. (kami memiliki tiga pilihan)
– They have everything. (mereka memiliki segalanya)
– I have to call him soon. (aku harus memanggilnya segera)
– We have to join them. (kita harus ikut dengan mereka)

Jadi

kata kerja have to memiliki arti harus. Terus apa bedanya dengan must, should, dan ought to? Ini nih bedanya:

Have to, has to, had to	Kata kerja utama
Must, should, ought to	modals

Mengingat sebagai kata kerja utama, maka juga mengalami perubahan dalam tensesnya.

Main verbs (V-1)	Past form (V-2)	Participle (V-3)
Have to	Had to	Had to

Have to dipakai untuk subjek They, we, I, you
Has to dipakai untuk subjek he, she dan it
Had to dipakai untuk semua subjek

Contoh dalam kalimat:

Simple Present Tense Positif

perbedaan have to has to had to

S	Have to/ has to	Bare verb
I	Have to	go	there
She	Has to	understand	you
We	Have to	pick	them
Mira	Has to	choose	one of them

Simple Present Tense negative

S	Don’t/ doesn’t	Have to/ has to	Bare verb
I	Don’t	Have to	go	there
She	Doesn’t	Have to	understand	you
We	Don’t	Have to	pick	them
Mira	Doesn’t	Have to	choose	One of them

Simple Past Tense Positif

perbedaan have to has to had to

S	Had to	Bare verb
I	had to	go	there
She	had to	understand	you
We	had to	pick	them
Mira	Had to	choose	One of them

Simple Past Tense Negative

S	Didn’t	Have to	Bare verb
I	Didn’t	Have to	go	there
She	Didn’t	Have to	understand	you
We	Didn’t	Have to	pick	them
Mira	Didn’t	Have to	choose	One of them

Present Perfect tense positive/ negative

S	Have/ has	not	Had to	Bare verb
I	have		had to	go	there
She	Has	not	had to	understand	you
We	have		had to	pick	them
Mira	has	not	Had to	choose	One of them

Past Perfect tense positive/ negative

S	had	not	Had to	Bare verb
I	Had		had to	go	there
She	Had	not	had to	understand	you
We	Had		had to	pick	them
Mira	Had	not	Had to	choose	One of them

Jadi kesimpulannya, have to dan has to dipakai dalam kalimat present tense, sedangkan had to dipakai dalam kalimat past tense atau past perfect tense. Happy learning!