Thursday, 19 April 2012

Can merupakan sebuah jenis kata kerja bantu yang disebut modal verb. Modal verbs menunjukkan karakter atau mood tertentu dari sebuah kata kerja.
Ability/Kemampuan
Can sering digunakan untuk menunjukkan kemampuan. Contoh: “We can speak English”, atau “He can sing well.”
Berikut bentuk Simple Present dari can yang menunjukkan kemampuan.
Pernyataan
I can play the piano.
She can drive a car.
NEgatif
I cannot play the piano.
She cannot drive a car.
Pertanyaan
Can you play the piano?
Can she drive a car?
Singkatan
Cannot dan can’t adalah kata yang sama: misal:
- I cannot cook well
- I can’t cook well
Can’t lebih umum digunakan dalam bahasa Inggris lisan.

Permission/Izin
Can juga digunakan untuk menunjukkan izin. Contoh: “You can go home after class”. Berikut bentuk Simple Present dari can yang menunjukkan izin.
Pernyataan
You can meet her tommorrow. – (Kamu mendapatkan izin untuk menemuinya).
Negatif
She can’t come to our house. – (Dia tidak diizinkan untuk datang ke rumah kita).
Pertanyaan
Can we go to the movies? – (Ijinkan kami pergi ke bioskop).
Contoh penggunaan dalam percakapan
1) Can you play the piano?
Yes, a little. How about you?
No I can’t, but I can play the guitar.

2) Can you cook?
Not really. I can make toast and pasta, that’s all.
Everyone can make toast!
Well, can you cook?
Yes, I can. I can cook delicious fish and chicken.
Wow, that’s great.

3) So what can you do?
I can draw, and I can paint really well too. I can also speak English and Korean. How about you?
I can play chess and I can write computer programs. I can also speak English and Spanish.
Excellent!

Kosa kata baru:
can = bisa
play = main
piano = piano
can’t = tidak bisa
guitar = gitar
cook = memasak
delicious = lezat
fish = ikan
wow = wow
draw = menggambar
paint = cat
Korean =orang Kroea
chess = catur
write = menulis
computer = komputer
computer program = program komputer
Spanish = Bahasa Spanyol
excellent = bagus sekali

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