Sebagai contoh pertanyaan dalam bahasa Inggris yang dimulai dengan 5W1H (who, what, when, why, where, how) diikuti dengan kata kerja lalu subyek, atau dalam pertanyaan Iya/tidak, dimulai dengan kata kerja diikuti dengan subyek:
- WHAT ARE YOU EATING? / ARE YOU EATING?
Dalam bahasa Indonesia, pertanyaan dimulai dengan subyek:
- KAMU MAKAN APA? / KAMU MAU MAKAN?
Sementara itu, untuk frasa kata sifat di kedua bahasa tersebut memiliki aturan yang berlawanan. Dalam bahasa Inggris, kata sifat berada sebelum kata benda, namun untuk bahasa Indonesia, kata benda berada diawal:
- RED CAR / MOBIL MERAH
Pasif vs aktif
Baik bahasa Inggris ataupun bahasa Indonesia sama-sama menggunakan kalimat aktif dan pasif . Namun kalimat pasif lebih sering digunakan dalam bahasa Indonesia, sedangkan untuk bahasa Inggris lebih mengacu pada bentuk aktif, terutama ketika fokusnya pada obyek. Contohnya:
- THE LAST SLICE OF CAKE WAS EATEN BY MY BROTHER.
akan terdengar lebih canggung dan bertele-tele daripada menggunakan bentuk aktif:
- MY BROTHER AT THE LAST SLICE OF CAKE.
CONTOH KALIMAT PASSIVE BAHASA INDONESIA
- POTONGAN KUE TERAKHIR SUDAH DIMAKAN OLEH ANDI
- RUMAH KITA DIBERSIHKAN KEMARIN
- BUS PERJALANAN SIDOARJO SUDAH JALAN MALAM TADI
- PERKELAHIAN DIPICU AKIBAT ADANYA ADU MULUT YANG SEPELE
- PETANI MEMBAJAK SAWAH UNTUK MENANAM PADI
- KEPERGIAN ARTIS TERSEBUT MENYISAKAN ISAK TANGIS BAGI KELUARGA
- PERJALANAN JAUH YANG MEMAKAN BANYAK WAKTU
- ANDI BERJALAN MENUJU LORONG DIDEPAN SEKOLAH
- "KIKI SEDANG KERJA KELOMPOK DI RUMAH" KATA MAMAH
- PERGI BERTAMASYA MERUPAKAN KEGIATAN LIBUR YANG MENYENANGKAN
CONTOH KALIMAT PASSIVE BAHASA INGGRIS PADA ARTICLE
- “We expect the domestic economy to see sustained growth from continuing investments in key infrastructures and strong domestic demand,” said Taswin
- He said global economic moderation, which had started in the second half of 2018, was showing signs of a continuing trend toward early 2019
- The banking executive said the volatility was expected to persist in the near future due to market and asset repricing
- well-positioned to generate ongoing economic growth.
- ASEAN was seeing positive economic prospects, with the opportunities expected to come from continuing resilience in the domestic market
- Taswin explained how the world was currently facing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, known as a VUCA World.
- Taswin said interest rate hikes globally, spearheaded by monetary policy moderation by the United States Federal Reserve, have led to the rising cost of the economy.
- These factors also contributed to heightened volatility across different asset classes as markets re-assess outlooks and risks,
- Looking at the monetary policy, we’ll see Indonesia having far better economic prospects for 2019, when compared to 2013 and 2018
- Suahasil said Indonesia was expected to see gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.3 percent this year, an increase of 5.17 percent from last year
- POTONGAN KUE TERAKHIR SUDAH DIMAKAN OLEH ANDI
- RUMAH KITA DIBERSIHKAN KEMARIN
- BUS PERJALANAN SIDOARJO SUDAH JALAN MALAM TADI
- PERKELAHIAN DIPICU AKIBAT ADANYA ADU MULUT YANG SEPELE
- PETANI MEMBAJAK SAWAH UNTUK MENANAM PADI
- KEPERGIAN ARTIS TERSEBUT MENYISAKAN ISAK TANGIS BAGI KELUARGA
- PERJALANAN JAUH YANG MEMAKAN BANYAK WAKTU
- ANDI BERJALAN MENUJU LORONG DIDEPAN SEKOLAH
- "KIKI SEDANG KERJA KELOMPOK DI RUMAH" KATA MAMAH
- PERGI BERTAMASYA MERUPAKAN KEGIATAN LIBUR YANG MENYENANGKAN
- “We expect the domestic economy to see sustained growth from continuing investments in key infrastructures and strong domestic demand,” said Taswin
- He said global economic moderation, which had started in the second half of 2018, was showing signs of a continuing trend toward early 2019
- The banking executive said the volatility was expected to persist in the near future due to market and asset repricing
- well-positioned to generate ongoing economic growth.
- ASEAN was seeing positive economic prospects, with the opportunities expected to come from continuing resilience in the domestic market
- Taswin explained how the world was currently facing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, known as a VUCA World.
- Taswin said interest rate hikes globally, spearheaded by monetary policy moderation by the United States Federal Reserve, have led to the rising cost of the economy.
- These factors also contributed to heightened volatility across different asset classes as markets re-assess outlooks and risks,
- Looking at the monetary policy, we’ll see Indonesia having far better economic prospects for 2019, when compared to 2013 and 2018
- Suahasil said Indonesia was expected to see gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.3 percent this year, an increase of 5.17 percent from last year
