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Ain't

Posted by Muhammad Ihsan Saturday, July 27, 2013

Kata “ain't” sering banget nih dipake dalam percakapan sehari-hari, tapi “ain't” merupakan informal english.

“Ain't” bisa menggantikan “am not, are not, is not, have not, has not, do not, does not, did not.”
Contohnya:

Ex.: "It's a free country, ain't it?"
[Ini negara bebas, kan?].

Di contoh tersebut, “ain't” sebagai pengganti “is not”. Kalimat yang baku seharusnya adalah “It's a free country, isn't it?”.

1) “I ain't (am not) stupid.” [Gue ga bodoh.]
2) “You ain't (aren't) polite.” [Lo ga sopan.]
3) “He ain't (isn't) what he used to be.” [Dia udah ga seperti yang dulu.]
4) “He ain't (hasn't) come yet.” [Dia belom dateng-dateng juga.]
5) “I ain't (don't) do that.” [Aku ga ngelakuin itu.]
6) “She ain't (doesn't) like animals.” [Dia ga suka dengan binatang.]

Karena emang bukan merupakan bentuk baku, di percakapan sehari-hari, “ain't” seringkali diikuti grammatical errors. Bentuk kesalahan yang umum adalah double negative.

Ex.: “I ain't got no money.” [Gue ga punya uang.]

Seharusnya kalimat yang benar adalah “I haven't got any money.” Karena sudah ada not seharusnya ga diikuti dgn no lagi.

Tapi karena sudah menjadi bahasa sehari-hari, grammatical errors ini udah ga dipeduliin lagi dan udah ga terdengar aneh meskipun banyak kesalahan tata bahasa di kalimat yang digunakan.

Contoh lainnya:
"I ain't gonna tell nobody nothing." dimana kalimat benarnya adalah "I'm not going to tell anybody anything." [Gue ga akan bilang apa pun ke siapa-siapa.]

Udah cukup jelas ya tentang penggunaan “ain't”? Salah satu alasan “ain't” banyak digunain adalah karena mempermudah dalam menyusun suatu kalimat, dimana apa pun subjeknya yang digunakan tetaplah “ain't”. Maka dari itu, ga dianjurkan nih sering-sering menggunakan “ain't”, karena selain bukan kata baku, nanti kamu bisa-bisa susah terbiasa dengan penggunaan to be atau linking verb yang seharusnya berubah sesuai subjeknya.

Source : Zeniusenglish.com

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