Menggunakan Determiner "Not as … as" Pada Kalimat Bahasa Inggris

A.   Not as … as

Supaya lebih jelas mengenai penggunaan determiner "not as … as" mari kita pelajari cara penggunaannya dengan memperhatikan beberapa contoh-contoh kalimat di bawah ini:

FACT: Mrs. Nina is 93 years old and Mr. Jack is 98 years old.

Berdasarkan fakta pada kalimat di atas, maka dapat disimpulkan:

Mrs. Nina is old but she is not as old as Mr. Jack. (Arti: Ibu Nina tua tetapi dia tidak setua Bapak Jack)

Supaya lebih jelas, silahkan perhatikan contoh kalimat di bawah ini:

Box A is not as big as box B. = box B is bigger

(Arti: kotak A tidak seberat kotak B)

Rome is not as old as Athens. = Athens is older

(Arti: Kota Roma tidak setua kota Athena)

The Grand Hotel is not as expensive as the Europa. = The Europa is more expensive

(Arti: Grand Hotel tidak semahal Hotel Europa)

I do not play tennis as often as you. = you play more often

(Arti: Saya tidak bermain tennis sesering kamu)

The weather is better than it was yesterday. It is not as cold. = as cold as it was yesterday

(Arti: Cuacanya lebih bagus daripada cuaca kemarin. Cuaca yang sekarang tidak sedingin kemarin)

B.    Not as much as … / Not as many as …

I have not got as much money as you. = you have got more money

(Arti: Saya belum mendapat uang sebanyak kamu)

I do not know as many people as you. = you know more people

(Arti: Saya tidak kenal orang sebanyak kamu)

I do not go out as much as you. = you go out more

(Arti: Saya tidak bepergian sebanyak kamu)

C.    Bandingkan Penggunaan "Not as … as" dan "Than"

·         Rome is not as old as Athens.

Athens is older than Rome. (BUKAN "older as Rome")

·         Tennis is not as popular as football.

Football is more popular than tennis.

·         I did not go out as much as you

You go out more than me.

D.   Kita bisa menggunakan: as me/ as him / as her, etc.

She is not as old as him. = She is not as old as he is.

You don’t work as hard as me. = You don’t work as hard as I do.

E.    Kita bisa menggunakan: the same as

The weather today is the same as yesterday. (Arti: Cuaca hari ini sama seperti kemarin)

My hair is the same color as yours. (Arti: Rambutku berwarna sama dengan rambutmu)

I arrived at the same time as Timmy. (Arti: Saya tidak pada waktu yang sama seperti Timmy)

Sekian mengenai contoh dan penjelasan cara menggunakan determiner "not as … as". Semoga bermanfaat bagi anda untuk belajar Bahasa Inggris. Jika ada pertanyaan silahkan tinggalkan pesan di kolom komentar. Terima kasih.