Asking & Giving Opinion

Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari, kita sering meminta atau memberikan pendapat pada atau dari orang lain
untuk sesuatu hal.

Berikut ini adalah contoh-contoh cara menanyakan (asking), memberi (giving), setuju (agreeing),

dan tidak setuju (diasgreeing) terhadap suatu pendapat.

1. Asking for opinion (menanyakan/meminta pendapat)

 What do you think about…?

(Apa yang kamu pikirkan tentang…?)

 What is your opinion?

(Apa pendapatmu?)

 What’s your view?

(Apa pendapatmu (dari sudut pandangmu) ?)

 How do you see the situation?

(Bagaimana kamu melihat situasi tersebut?)

2. Giving Opinion (memberikan/menyampaikan pendapat)

 I think…  (saya pikir…) (ada unsur kepastian )

 I guess… (saya kira…)  ( ada unsur ragu-ragu )

 I suppose… (saya duga…) ( tidak pasti, masih dugaannya)

 I assume… (saya berasumsi…) ( masih berasumsi/‘andaikata’)

 In my opinion, … (Menurut saya, …) ( beropini/berpendapat)

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Contoh-contaoh lain.

a. Giving your opinion neutrally (memberi pendapat secara netral)

expression giving
opinion example of opinion
(ungkapan memberi (contoh pendapat)
pendapat)

I think…
(saya pikir…)
I feel that…
(saya rasa…)
In my view, …
(dalam pandangan
saya…)
All students should wear uniform. (semua siswa harus mengenakan seragam.)
It seems to me that, …
(tampaknya bagi
Smoking rooms should be provided at public places. (ruang merokok harus
saya…)
disediakan di ruang publik)
In my opinion, …
(menurut pendapat
I think maximum fines should be given to traffic law violators. (saya pikir denda
saya..)
maksimum harus diberikan kepada para pelanggar hukum lalu lintas.)
In my experience, …
(berdasarkan
pengalaman saya…)
As far as I’m
concerned, …
(sejauh yang saya
ketahui…)

b. Giving a strong opinion (memberi pendapat yang kuat)

expression giving strong

opinion example of opinion
(ungkapan memberi pendapat (contoh pendapat yang kuat)
yang kuat)

I’m absolutely convinced that… We should give the death penalty to drug dealers. (kita harus memberikan

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expression giving strong
opinion example of opinion
(ungkapan memberi pendapat (contoh pendapat yang kuat)
yang kuat)

(saya sangat yakin bahwa…)

I’m sure that…
(saya yakin bahwa…)
hukuman mati kepada pengedar narkoba.)
I strongly believe that…
(saya sangat percaya bahwa…)
School should be mobile phone free zone. (sekolah harus menjadi wilayah
I have no doubt that…
bebas ponsel.)
(saya tidak memiliki keraguan
bahwa…)
smoking rooms should be provided at public places. (ruang merokok harus
There’s no doubt in my mind
disediakan di ruang publik.)
that…
(tidak ada keraguan dalam
pikiran saya bahwa..)

3. Agreeing with an opinion (setuju dengan sebuah pendapat)

Gunakan ungkapan ini jika setuju degan pendapat orang lain.

 You’re absolutely right.

(kamu benar sekali.)

 That’s just what I was thinking.

(itulah yang saya pikirkan.)

 That’s a good point.

(itu poin yang bagus.)

 Exactly.
(tepat sekali.)

 I don’t think so either.

(saya juga tidak berpikir begitu.)

 That’s true.
(itu benar.)

 I agree with you entirely.

(aku setuju denganmu sepenuhnya.)

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  I couldn’t agree more.
(saya snagat setuju.)

4. Disagreeing with an opinion (tidak setuju dengan sebuah pendapat)

Kamu bisa gunakan ungkapan ini jika tidak setuju degan pendapat orang lain.

 I don’t agree with you.

(saya tidak setuju denganmu.)

 That’s not entirely true.

(itu tidak sepenuhnya benar.)

 I’m sorry to disagree with you, but…

(maaf saya tidak setuju denganmu, tapi..)

 I’m afraid I have to disagree.

(sepertinya saya tidak setuju denganmu.)

 I’m not sure about that.

(saya tidak yakin tentang hal itu.)

Contoh teks & dialog

a. Contoh teks

I think smoking rooms should be provided in public places because it will be better for people who don’t
smoke. Smoking really has a bad impact on passive smokers. They don’t smoke and they get sick
because of the smokers. This is really unfair and a detriment to people who don’t smoke.
Another point is… (menyebutkan ide lain)
Facts show that millions of people get lung cancer… (menyebutkan fakta)
It shows that… (menghubungkan antara fakta dan bukti)
I’ve told you once and I will tell you again that smoking rooms should be provided at public places
because it will be better for people who don’t smoke. (menyatakan kembali pendapat yang kuat
tersebut yang didukung oleh data dan fakta yang telah disebutkan sebelumnya)

b. Contoh dialog

Broadcaster: “Good evening. I’ve been very concerned about our education. I’m Tiara Ayu and you’re
listening to “Citizen Speak Out”. Today, I’ll be talking about the education system in the eyes of parents.
To better understand these events, I’ll talk with three students’ parents: Mr. Made Wijaya, Mr. J.

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Sitanggang and Mrs. Diah Sumitro. Mr. Made Wijaya, could we begin with you? What do you think of
our education system?”

Mr. Made Wijaya: “If you ask me, it’s awful. The system is out of date. It doesn’t help the students
improve their knowledge.”

Broadcaster: “So, what do you think, Mr. J. Sitanggang and Mrs. Diah Sumitro? How do you feel about
it?”

Mr. J. Sitanggang: “Wll, in general, I agree with Mr. Wijaya. But what disturbs me more is that students
tend to memorize without understanding the lessons. The learning method puts students under
pressure. They have to study in school for hours, do a lot of homework, and take private tutoring for the
final examination.”

Mrs. Diah Sumitro: “I suppose so. As far as I’m concerned, the tuition fees here are expensive. It seems
that a good education is for rich people only.”

Broadcaster: “What about the teachers?”

Mr. Made Wijaya: “In my opninion, the quality of teachers here need to be improved. We’re lacking
qualified ones. This problem I think is due to the government’s ignorance on teacher’s prosperity. As you
can see, not many young people are interested in becoming teachers.”

Mr. J. Sitanggang: “I disagree with that. It’s not that the government doesn’t implement a good system.
It’s because we are lacking the spirit to learn ad compete with other nations.”

Thank
you

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