ACTION AND STATIVE VERBS

Prepared by Husnul Lail, M.Pd

stative verbs merupakan verbs yang
menyatakan keadaan/situasi/kondisi, sedangkan action
/dynamic verbs merupakan verbs penjelas aksi yang bisa
berubah-ubah. Stative verbs merupakan jenis verbs yang
tidak bisa digunakan dalam semua continuous
tense. Kenapa? Karena biasanya verbs ini digunakan
untuk mendeskripsikan suatu kondisi tetap (statis) atau
yang berlangsung dalam jangka waktu yang cukup lama,
sedangkan continuous tenses merupakan susunan
kalimat yang menunjukan adanya proses.
Hampir semua verbs yang kita ketahui merupakan
dynamic /action verbs. Lalu apa sajakah yang masuk
sebagai stative verbs?
Meskipun begitu, tidak semua stative verbs tidak bisa menjadi
dynamic verbs. Beberapa stative verbs bisa berubah menjadi verb-
ing yang digunakan dalam continuous tense. Akan tetapi
maknanya jadi berubah secara keseluruhan. Perhatikan contoh
dibawah ini:

1. I think we need to take a rest. (stative) >> have an opinion

2. I am thinking of getting a new bike next week. (dynamic).
>>>> consider, have in my head what are you thinking of?
1. You are annoying. (stative).>> it's part of your personality
2. You are being annoying. (stative) >>> only now, not usually
Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
Be be is usually a stative verb, but when it is used in the continuous
it means 'behaving' or 'acting'
you are stupid = it's part of your personality
you are being stupid = only now, not usually
Think think (stative) = have an opinion
I think that coffee is great
think (dynamic) = consider, have in my head
what are you thinking about? I'm thinking about my next holiday
Have have (stative) = own
I have a car
have (dynamic) = part of an expression
I'm having a party / a picnic / a bath / a good time / a break
Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic:
See see (stative) = see with your eyes / understand
I see what you mean
I see her now, she's just coming along the road
see (dynamic) = meet / have a relationship with
I've been seeing my boyfriend for three years
I'm seeing Robert tomorrow
Taste taste (stative) = has a certain taste
This soup tastes great
The coffee tastes really bitter
taste (dynamic) = the action of tasting
The chef is tasting the soup