Pelajaran 68 – Menggunakan Be Able To

PART I: BEFORE THE BROADCAST

Masih ingatkah? CAN/CAN’T (Lesson 32)

Iwan can play the guitar.

Chris can play the football.

Helen can type. She can’t speak Indonesian.

Iwan can’t type.

Can sering berarti kemampuan untuk melakukan sesuatu, demikian juga:

BE ABLE TO = mampu/bisa/dapat

LOOK!!

Iwan is able to (Iwan’s able to) play the guitar.

Helen’s able to type.

Kita memakai bentuk ABLE TO + BENTUK DASAR KATA KERJA untuk menunjukkan kemampuan. Kita memakai bentuk kata kerja BE yang sesuai dengan saat kita berbicara. Lihatlah beberapa contoh lagi dalam bentuk Present:

I’M ABLE TO speak Indonesian. (= I can speak . . . .)

He’S ABLE TO swim.

She’S ABLE TO cook.

You’RE ABLE TO drive.

Dan berikut ini adalah beberapa contoh lagi dalam tense yang lain:

Future:

You’LL BE ABLE TO speak Greek (= bahasa Yunani) soon.

I’LL BE ABLE TO ride a horse soon.

Past:

I WAS ABLE TO play tennis well a few years ago.

They WERE ABLE TO swim across the river.

Present Perfect:

I’VE BEEN ABLE TO drive since last year.

He’S BEEN ABLE TO paint since he was a child.

Ungkapan BE ABLE TO juga dipakai dengan arti kesempatan untuk melakukan sesuatu:

I’ll be able to go to Europe soon.

I’ve been able to see some good films recently.

They were able to go to town last week.

Sekarang lihatlah pertanyaan-pertanyaan berikut beserta jawaban singkatnya:

Was he able to see her? Yes, he was.

Has she been able to save some money? Yes, she has.

. . . dan sebuah bentuk singkat lagi:

She can’t swim, but she’ll be able to soon. (= She’ll be able to swim soon.)

The manager can’t see you yet, but he’ll be able to soon.

I can’t go now, but I’ll be able to soon.

Berikut ini beberapa pertanyaan lagi. Latihlah dengan seorang teman.

When will you be able to meet me?

How often were you able to attend the meetings last year?

Why were they able to finish their work so quickly?

Dan beberapa kalimat negatif:

I’m not able to come. Atau: I’m unable to come.

We aren’t able to manage without him. Atau: We’re unable to manage without him.

She wasn’t able to play the guitar then. Atau: She was unable to play.

Catatan: BE ABLE/UNABLE TO adalah suatu ungkapan yang sangat berguna. Ungkapan tersebut dapat dipakai dalam bermacam-macam tense, di mana CAN/COULD tidak mungkin digunakan.

BE READY FOR THESE WORDS AND PHRASES IN THE BROADCAST

be able to [(biy) EIbəl tru/tu] = mampu

(be) unable to [. . . anEIbəl tə/tu]

sit up [SIT_AP] = duduk (tegak)

What a pity! [WOT_ə PITI] = Sayang!

overseas [ouvəSĪZ] = luar negeri

(He talked a lot when he was little), and he still does [hi STIL DAZ] = dan dia masih banyak berbicara

London [LANDən]

Edinburgh [EDənb(ə)re]

Buckingham Palace [BAKingəm PÆLəs] = Istana Ratu (Raja) Inggris

Greece [GRĪS] = Yunani

a baby [BEIbi] = bayi

a garage [GÆRāj/gəRĀJ] = garasi

Greek [GRĪK] = Bahasa Yunani, Orang Yunani

agree on [əGRĪ_on] = sependapat tentang

she’d love to see her [syīd LAV tə SĪə/SĪ hə] = dia ingin sekali bertemu dengannya

stubborn [STABən] = keras kepala

out here [AUT HIə] = di sini

Hullo, gorgeous! [HALou GŌjəs] = Halo, manis!

whenever [wenEVə] = kapan saja/bilamana saja

Sekarang, mari persiapkan diri untuk mengikuti siaran interaktif berikut: