Bentuk kata kerja selain yang kita tahu dalam bentuk kata kerja pertama, kedua dan ketiga, ternyata ada istilah yang mungkin sering kalian dengar, apalagi kalau bukan bentuk infinitive.Sudah tidak asing lagi bukan di telinga? Apa ya pengertian, kegunaan dan penggunaan dalam kalimat seperti apa? Yuk perhatikan dengan seksama penjelasan berikut ini:
Infinitive merupakan bentuk kata kerja yang masih alami sama halnya dengan kata kerja dasar (bare verbs) yang belum mengalami perubahan dalam tenses, kemudian terdapat awalan ‘to’ seperti tabel di bawah ini:
| Bare verb | infinitive |
| ask | To ask |
| break | To break |
| cry | To cry |
| dig | To dig |
| enclose | To enclose |
| fly | To fly |
| go | To go |
| hiss | To hiss |
| include | To include |
| jog | To jog |
| kick | To kick |
| lend | To lend |
| make | To make |
| nail | To nail |
| open | To open |
| pick | To pick |
| quarrel | To quarrel |
| run | To run |
| see | To see |
| take | To take |
| urge | To urge |
| vacate | To vacate |
| wear | To wear |
| xerox | To xerox |
| yell | To yell |
| zip | To zip |
Kegunaan bentuk infinitive untuk apa saja? Secara umum bentuk infinitive digunakan untuk menyatakan tujuan (purpose), apa hanya itu? Tentu tidak, berikut ini beberapa penggunaan infinitive:
1. Menyatakan Tujuan (Purpose)
Bentuk ‘to+ verb word’ dapat digunakan untuk menyatakan tujuan dan merupakan bentuk sederhana dari ‘ in order to’, kalau diartikan sebagai: dalam rangka/ untuk
Rumus dalam kalimat:
| S | V | C | infinitive (purpose) | |
| Maira | brought | many things | to help | the others |
| Maira | membawa | banyak barang | untuk membantu | yang lainnya |
| Theo | Has exercised | to keep | his body fit | |
| Theo | Telah berlatih | Untuk menjaga | Tubuhnya tetap fit | |
| She | takes | vitamins | tomake | better |
| Dia | meminum | vitamin | untuk membuat | lebih baik |
Catatan: ingat jangan menggunakan kata ‘for’ kecuali ‘to’ untuk menyatakan tujuan
Contoh:
Incorrect: My father is wearing several clothes for keep him warm.
Correct : My father is wearing several clothes to keep him warm.
Incorrect: Mia boils water four times making a tea for her husband every day.
Correct : Mia boils water four times to make a tea for her husband every day.
Incorrect: Maira always needs him for keep her safe in her life.
Correct : Maira always needs him to keep her safe in her life.
Incorrect: Do not move your feet fast when you swing for play golf correctly.
Correct : Do not move your feet fast when you swing to play golf correctly.
Incorrect: My brother called me many times for help him last night.
Correct : My brother called me many times to help him last night.
Incorrect: We asked our boyfriend buy a many foods yesterday.
Correct : We asked our boyfriend to buy a many foods yesterday.
Incorrect: She jogs every day for making sure her body gets fresh air.
Correct : She jogs every day to make sure her body gets fresh air.
Incorrect: Wait until June plant that rice.
Correct : Wait until June to plant that rice.
2. Sebagai pelengkap dalam kata kerja.
Ada beberapa kata kerja tertentu yang wajib diikutibentuk infinitivejika ada dua kata kerja dalam kalimat,berikut ini daftar kata kerjanya: (cek juga: Kata kerja verb dalam bahasa inggris dengan pelengkap infinitive)
| Verb (present) | Verb (past/ participle) | kalimat |
| agree | agreed | She agrees him to join her project |
| appear | appeared | Long time Mia didn’t appear to fulfill her duty |
| ask | asked | You must ask to solve this problem to your boss |
| claim | claimed | Theo has claimed his colleage to take this opportunity |
| consent | consented | I can’t consent to think many difficult things now |
| arrange | arranged | Could you please help me to arrange to get much money again? |
| Decide | decided | We have decided to go there soon |
| Demand | demanded | He is demanding to bring back his assets |
| Deserve | deserved | You didn’t deserve to suffer anymore |
| Expect | expected | She always expect to get the highest score in final examination |
| Fail | failed | Finally Mia and I fail to across that large river |
| Forget | Forgot/ forgotten | Don’t forget to save your extra money |
| hesitate | hesitated | They will hesitate to take that step |
| hope | hoped | We hope to be good human every day |
| intend | Intended | I will intend to join all activities |
| learn | learned | I was still learning to love him more |
| manage | managed | We learn to manage to divide time for some planning |
| mean | meant | I didn’t mean to hurt you |
| Need | needed | We don’t need to call you back |
| Offer | offered | Would you mind offering to bring some meals for today? |
| Plan | planned | We had planned to rearrange our holiday schedule |
| Prepare | prepared | It is time to prepare to face the final examination |
| Pretend | pretended | She is going to pretend to die |
| Promise | promised | Mia has promised not to break the rule |
| refuse | refused | I refuse to accept this deal due to it will break our friendship |
| seem | seemed | It seems to be hard to know you will go far away |
| Tend | tended | We will tend to choose her concept |
| Threaten | threatened | She will threaten to take his assets if he doesn’t want to be with her |
| Wait | waited | I’ll wait to accompany you here |
| Want | wanted | I always want you to hold my hand |
Demikian tersebut di atas adalah penjelasan dan kegunaan infinitive dalam kalimat. Semoga semakin paham ya. Selamat belajar!
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