Kata ganti orang merupakan salah satu materi dasar dalam Bahasa Inggris yang perlu kamu ketahui sejak awal. Hal ini berguna agar kamu tidak bingung saat membuat kalimat dalam Bahasa Inggris baik tertulis maupun dalam percakapan.
Pada artikel kali ini, kita akan membahas mengenai kata ganti orang laki-laki, his, him, dan juga he. Apa saja perbedaannya?
Penggunaan His, Him, dan He
Untuk memudahkannya, kita akan membahas “he” terlebih dahulu karena merupakan dasar dari materi ini. “He” merupakan kata ganti untuk subjek kalimat.
He digunakan untuk menunjuk seseorang yang berjenis kelamin laki-laki. Kata ini juga bisa digunakan untuk orang yang cenderung bersifat maskulin atau jantan. Misalnya:
- He loves me so much.
- He will be a president.
- He follows the competition.
- He eats vegetables too.
Sedangkan him merupakan kata ganti ketiga orang tunggal. Bedanya, him merupakan kata ganti untuk objek. Jika diartikan dalam Bahasa Indonesia, him memiliki arti “dia”, “beliau”, atau “-nya”. Contoh:
- We called him.
- Do you really love him?
- I meet him at the mall.
- My mom calls him a boy.
- I miss him so much.
- Do you want to see him?
Baca juga: Arti Had, Have, Has, Cara Penggunaan dan Contoh Kalimatnya
Banyak di antara kamu yang mungkin masih salah mengartikan dan menggunakan him dan his. Padahal his dan him merupakan dua hal yang berbeda.
Jika him merujuk pada kata ganti orang, his merujuk pada kepemilikan dari sebuah objek. Jadi, jika diartikan ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia his memiliki arti “milik si laki-laki” atau “kepunyaannya (laki-laki).”
His merupakan bentuk possesive dari he. Contoh:
- His mother is very kind to me.
- His smile makes me so happy.
- I really can not forget his smile.
- His body is tall and his hair is short.
- Do you know about his house?
Contoh Kalimat
Masih bingung dengan perbedaan serta pengaplikasian his, he, dan him dalam kalimat utuh? Mari kita lihat contoh kalimatnya yang dilansir dari Your Dictionary di bawah ini.
He
- He will save Europe!
- But he paid no attention to her warning.
- “How long will it take you to stop?” he asked.
- He was, in fact, making his favorite dish.
- He had done one good deed.
- Next to Washington, he was the greatest American.
- He picked up a bird’s nest that had fallen on the ground.
- He thought she would change her mind, but it wasn’t going to happen.
- He parked the truck in front of the house and headed down the hill.
- He was such a wonderful person in so many ways.
- He picked up the newspaper and started to read.
Baca juga: Prepositional Phrase: Definisi, Jenis, dan Contoh Penggunaan
Him
- They could not give him any help.
- Looking down at him, she sighed.
- “I’m not like him,” Alex stated firmly.
- “Let us go and ask him,” said the stranger.
- He knew the way to it, and a servant followed him, carrying his satchel.
- He was a very old man, bent nearly double.
- The whistle did not please him any more.
- I called him Black Beauty, as I had just read the book, and he resembled his namesake in every way, from his glossy black coat to the white star on his forehead.
His
- Nurturing was in his personality.
- She stopped and gazed up at his face.
- Would you like to read his speech?
- As they continued toward the house, he cleared his throat.
- He leaped from his horse.
- Lowering his head, his lips touched hers.
- Alex gently turned her around and took her into his arms.
- I didn’t ask about his family tree.
- Alex set his cup down beside hers.
- He got down from his horse and very gently took the little ones up in his big warm hands.
Baca juga: Silent Letter dalam Bahasa Inggris. Yuk, Pelajari di Sini!
Itu dia contoh dan perbedaan his, him, dan he dalam Bahasa Inggris. Masih banyak materi dasar yang bisa kamu pelajari lewat WSE GO (Wall Street English Goes Online) dengan mudah dan efektif. Dibimbing oleh para native trainers yang berpengalaman kamu, progress kamu akan lebih cepat dalam belajar Bahasa Inggris.
Kamu bisa memulai juga dengan mengetahui level Bahasa Inggris kamu. Yuk, isi kuis di bawah ini agar tahu tingkat kemampuan Bahasa Inggris kamu!
