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What did you do yesterday? Kemarin kamu melakukan apa?
Menceritakan apa yang terjadi: past simple. Kosakata: yesterday, last night, last week, ago, go (went), eat (ate), see (saw), have (had), buy (bought), watch (watched), visit (visited). Tata bahasa inti: untuk tindakan yang selesai, pakai past simple. Verba beraturan menambah "-ed": watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked. Tapi banyak verba umum tak beraturan dan harus dipelajari satu per satu: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came. Pakai dengan yesterday, last week, dan "ago": "I watched a film last night." Bahasa Korea membentuk lampau dengan satu akhiran beraturan pada setiap verba, jadi pelajar Korea menambah "-ed" pada verba tak beraturan juga: "Yesterday I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "went", "ate" ✓. Sudut pengucapan: tiga bunyi "-ed" (walked, played, wanted).
Dialogue
goed or went? — goed atau went?
- Emma Minsu, what did you do yesterday? Minsu, kemarin ngapain?
- Minsu I goed home early and eated dinner with my family. Saya goed pulang lebih awal dan eated makan malam dengan keluarga. (slip: go dan eat verba tak beraturan — lampaunya "went", "ate", tanpa "-ed")
- Emma Those verbs are irregular: go → went, eat → ate. No "-ed". Verba-verba itu tak beraturan: go → went, eat → ate. Tanpa "-ed".
- Minsu Ah, I went home early and ate dinner with my family. Ah, saya pulang lebih awal dan makan malam dengan keluarga.
- Emma Perfect! Regular verbs are easy — "watched", "visited" — but irregulars need practice. Sempurna! Verba beraturan mudah — "watched", "visited" — tapi yang tak beraturan perlu latihan.
- Minsu I'll learn them! Yesterday I saw you, and I had a great day. Saya akan menghafalnya! Kemarin saya bertemu kamu, dan hariku menyenangkan.
Dialogue
Emma's weekend — Akhir pekan Emma
- Minsu Emma, what did you do last weekend? Emma, akhir pekan lalu ngapain?
- Emma On Saturday I visited my sister and we cooked lunch together. Sabtu saya mengunjungi kakak dan kami memasak makan siang bersama.
- Minsu That sounds nice. Did you go out in the evening? Kedengarannya bagus. Malamnya keluar tidak?
- Emma Yes, we saw a film and had dinner in town. I didn't get home until midnight! Ya, kami menonton film dan makan malam di kota. Saya baru pulang tengah malam!
- Minsu Wow, a busy weekend! Last week I just studied and slept. Wah, akhir pekan yang sibuk! Minggu lalu saya cuma belajar dan tidur.
- Emma Rest is important too! Next weekend, come with us. Istirahat juga penting! Akhir pekan depan ikut kami.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| yesterday | adv. | kemarin | |
| last night | phr. | tadi malam | |
| last week | phr. | minggu lalu | |
| ago | adv. | yang lalu | |
| go (went) | v. | pergi (went) | |
| eat (ate) | v. | makan (ate) | |
| see (saw) | v. | melihat (saw) | |
| have (had) | v. | punya, menyantap (had) | |
| buy (bought) | v. | membeli (bought) | |
| watch (watched) | v. | menonton (watched) | |
| visit (visited) | v. | mengunjungi (visited) |
Grammar
The past simple: -ed and irregular verbs Past simple: -ed dan verba tak beraturan
To talk about a finished action in the past, use the past simple. Most verbs are regular: just add "-ed" — watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked, play → played. (Spelling: like → liked; study → studied.) But many of the most common verbs are IRREGULAR — each has its own past form you must memorise: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came, get → got, take → took. Use the past with time words like yesterday, last night, last week, and "two days ago": "I saw a film last night." To ask or say no, use "did / didn't" with the plain verb: "Did you go?" "I didn't go." Korean makes the past with one regular ending on every verb, so learners add "-ed" to irregular verbs too: "I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "I went home and ate dinner" ✓.
Untuk membicarakan tindakan yang selesai di masa lalu, pakai past simple. Kebanyakan verba beraturan: cukup tambah "-ed" — watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked, play → played. (Ejaan: like → liked; study → studied.) Tapi banyak verba paling umum bersifat TAK BERATURAN — masing-masing punya bentuk lampau sendiri yang harus dihafal: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came, get → got, take → took. Pakai lampau dengan kata waktu seperti yesterday, last night, last week, dan "two days ago": "I saw a film last night." Untuk bertanya atau menyangkal, pakai "did / didn't" dengan verba polos: "Did you go?" "I didn't go." Bahasa Korea membentuk lampau dengan satu akhiran beraturan pada setiap verba, jadi pelajar menambah "-ed" pada verba tak beraturan juga: "I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "I went home and ate dinner" ✓.
- Yesterday I watched a film and cooked dinner. Kemarin saya menonton film dan memasak makan malam.
- Last week we went to London and saw a show. Minggu lalu kami pergi ke London dan menonton pertunjukan.
- I bought bread and had a coffee this morning. Pagi ini saya membeli roti dan minum kopi.
- Did you visit your family last weekend? — Yes, I did. Akhir pekan lalu kamu mengunjungi keluarga? — Ya.
pronunciation
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