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Ko, selain Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris, bahasa dunia apa lagi yg koko (sedikit/banyak) kuasai? (Jangan jawab bahasa tubuh, bahasa cinta, apalagi Bahasa Jawa....aku cium nanti!)

bahasa jawa. (please tell me you're a girl)
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on a more serious note, i speak a bit of Chinese (and currently trying to properly learn it) and i can understand tiny bits of Japanese (from anime).

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kak tadi kan ada anon yg bilang to respond dan kak kent benering jadi to responding. setau aku kalo to itu followed by v.1 kan kak? terus itu kenapa to responding? cmiiw kak, ditunggu jawabannya :)

Halo, iya. To itu kebanyakan diikuti oleh verb1.
Tapi tadi itu bukan "to" biasa, (alah bukan to biasa, kayak nama sinetron aja) karena "to" di sana disandingkan dengan "come" menjadi "come to." Dan idiom "when it comes to" harus diikuti dengan sebuah kata benda.
Contoh:
"When it comes to /cupcakes/, I can eat a lot!" (Cupcakes di sini kan kata benda)
"When it comes to /loving you/, no one beats me." (sekalian kode) ("loving you" di sini adalah kata kerja yang ditambahkan ing untuk membentuk sebuah aktivitas).
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Agak susah sih emang dijelasin. Insting aja.

hi kent! im amazed of how smart n patient u are when it comes to respond these anons. and you are like my virtual english teacher, i must say. I learn alot by reading ur page tbh. im improved! thanks lot ;)

Sending you tons of thanks (and hugs).
Also, it should be:
"hi kent, im amazed /by/ how smart n patient you are when it comes to respond/ing/ these anons. and you are like my virtual english teacher, i must say. i learn a lot by reading ur page tbh. i/'ve/ improved! thanks /a/ lot ;)"
Figured you'd want to be corrected :)

#englishhour kak kent, perbedaan toefl sama bahasa eng biasa yang dipelajari di sekolah" apa ya? Lebih sulit yang mana?

Halo! TOEFL itu singkatan dari Test of English as a Foreign Language.
Bedanya adalah TOEFL itu telah distandardkan. Jadi kamu mau ambil TOEFL di India juga soalnya kurang lebih sama sama ambil TOEFL di Indonesia.
TOEFL ini digunakan sebagai tolak ukur mengenai kemampuan berbahasa Inggris kamu, umumnya untuk sekolah di luar negeri
Kalo bahasa Inggris yang dipelajari di sekolah kan tergantung sekolah ya. Antara sekolah gue sama sekolah kamu aja pasti beda pelajaran Inggrisnya.
Kalo lebih sulit mana, relatif sih. Menurut gue TOEFL gampang, yang susah itu GRE yang dipake buat ambil post-graduate degree.

kak, jelasin penggunaan "never" dong.. "i never" "i've never" atau "i'm never"?

Loh tergantung kamu ngomong apa.
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"I never eat sushi." -> (intinya kamu nggak pernah makan sushi dan nggak mau makan sushi)
"I have never eaten sushi." -> (artinya kamu belum pernah makan sushi, bukan berarti kamu nggak mau makan sushi)
"I'm never eating sushi again." -> (artinya nggak mau makan sushi untuk selama-lamanya)

Hi Kent, why don't you create a blog specifically for all the #EnglishHour answers, so that the next time someone need to learn he/she could easily open the blog? I love your answers btw :D

mgowtawa’s Profile PhotoMarcheilla gowtawa
Hi, Moggu!
You're a genius!
Maybe when I get a bit less lazier, I'd do just that. Thanks for the input. And I'm happy that you find my answers fun to read :D

kalo perbedaan whose whom dan who apaan ya

Perbedaan who, which, whose, where: http://ask.fm/nyankent/answer/120556323720
Perbedaan who, whom, whose: http://ask.fm/nyankent/answer/120400508552
Who dan whom dalam kalimat positif: http://ask.fm/nyankent/answer/120556747912
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Ini gue bongkar jawaban gue dari 11 hari lalu. Semoga membantu ya. (Padahal emang males jelasin ulang aja)

Kak kent bedanya who's dengan whose itu apa ya? Thankyou.

Who's itu adalah singkatan dari "who is" atau "who has."
Who sendiri adalah kata yang memberikan informasi tambahan untuk seseorang.
Whose itu menggambarkan kepunyaan.
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Langsung contoh aja ya.
"My auntie, who is turning 40 this year, didn't come to the funeral."
"who" di sini menggambarkan "my auntie."
(Tante gue, yang tahun ini menginjak umur 40, tidak datang ke pemakaman.)
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"Whose pen is this?"
"whose" di sini digunakan untuk menjelaskan kepunyaan.
(Pen /punya siapa/ ini?)

Halo Kak Kent! Bisa dijelaskan kapan pakai /have been/ dan /had been/? Terima kasih banyak! #EnglishHour

Halo! Gue udah pernah jelasin tentang ini sih dulu. Tapi pasti udah ketimbun. So here goes.
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/Have been + v-ing/ itu digunakan untuk present perfect continuous.
/Had been + v-ing/ digunakan untuk past perfect continuous.
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Persamaan: dua-duanya digunakan untuk menjelaskan kegiatan yang dimulai di masa lalu tapi belum selesai.
Perbedaan: present perfect digunakan untuk masa sekarang, past perfect untuk masa lalu (biasanya disandingkan dengan sebuah keterangan waktu, supaya jelas kalo lagi bicara tentang masa lalu).
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Langsung contoh aja ya.
Present perfect continuous: "I have been watching LOTR for two hours and it's not yet over." (Gue sekarang lagi nonton LOTR. Udah nonton sejak dua jam lalu, tapi sampai sekarang belum selesai.)
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Past perfect continuous: "I had been watching LOTR for two hours when my wife came home yesterday." (Ketika bini gue pulang kemarin, gue lagi nonton LOTR. Gue udah nonton selama dua jam dan masih belum selesai.)
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Cukup jelas nggak? Cukup lah ya.

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mas kent exclamation english buat "kurang baik apalagi gue" itu gimana mas? nuhun mas :)

Wah iya. Jadi inget kemarin janji buka #English hour. Sekalian numpang ya. #English hour dibuka. Feel free to ask any English-related questions to me and I shall do my best to answer them.
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Translationnya nggak ada yang enak didenger nih. Personally, I'd translate it to, "What more are you expecting from me?"
Mungkin ditambahin "asshole," biar emosinya lebih tersalurkan. Caps lock sekalian.
"WHAT MORE ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM ME, ASSHOLE?"
Gitu.

Can you tell me how you are behind "pencitraan" that you're always talking about? If that's okay :) (And I hope it's not just a simple-matter-of-fact)

daramawar’s Profile PhotoDara M. J.
Dear Mawar,
I love mysteries so much that I'd rather be perceived as one
than seen as transparent.
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I am quite addicted to your ask.fm answers :)) you're witty, blatant, and sometimes also kind. Are all of this answers are just piles of bricks to build an image? -m

Hi, M.
((/Sometimes/ also kind))
Okay..
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Nyokap gue pernah bilang, "Askfm kamu isinya pencitraan semua. Padahal aslinya..."
So yeah.

Hi! Accidentally come across your profile and read your blog. It's interesting. You're an interesting being. *wait this sounds flirty wtf* Anw bye.

novinathh’s Profile PhotoNovia Nathania
I think most people would agree that I'm just downright weird. Still, probably the best compliment I've received all week. Thanks, Novia!
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Ko Kent, kata Ko @devlinputra he never met you in person.. terus kalian kenal darimana sampai bisa punya bromance yang baru saja diakhiri sepihak olehmu beberapa jam yang lalu? :))

Yeah we never did.
Ceritanya gue dulu butuh designer, terus gue tanya-tanya ke temen-temen gue.
Nah terus dikenalin ke Devlin ini, gue liat portfolionya dan langsung jatuh hati pada pandangan pertama (KE PORTFOLIONYA YA, BUKAN KE DEVLINNYA).
Terus waktu gue butuh design buat cover novel juga sekalian gue minta tolong ke dia. Sama-sama untung juga secara dia dibayarin Gramedia.
Gitu.
Hueheuhue.

hi, ko Kent, referring to your previous answer ("My mom hand-picked this name for me"), is there any special story behind your name? :)

JujuLamlo’s Profile PhotoJuju Lamlo
Hi, Juju!
I have one older brother and two older sisters. And my brother's and my eldest sister's names were picked by my father.
My mom, however, picked my sister's and my name.
THANK GOD BECAUSE THE NAMES PICKED BY MY FATHER ARE SO INDONESIAN.
So yeah, when I was 10, I realized that I was quite lucky to be born as the youngest kid because my mom picked me this cool name Kent.
So I asked her "So, mom, why Kent?"
And she answered,
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"ga tau."
ANTI KLIMAKS KAN? GUE KESEL SUMPAH.

Hello! Given a chance to change your name, would you do it? If yes, please tell me the name you want for yourself :)

Hi, Wella!
My mom hand-picked this name for me, so no, I wouldn't trade it in for the world.
But I'd gladly choose a different last name or even drop it altogether, though.

Kent!!! Why are you feeling blue? :( I'm sending virtual hug to you. Hope you're feeling better soon!

Thanks! Virtual hug received and well-appreciated.
Well,
I have this little yellow notebook I used to carry around everywhere.
Every time I found a good quote
or every time I was inspired by something,
or when I found a peculiar trait I'd like to use for my next character,
I would stop walking, pull out that notebook, and write it down there.
It was an ugly notebook, but I grew fond of it.
And yep, you guessed it.
I lost it.
I'm aware that feeling blue wouldn't help me get that notebook back, but still.
Biarkan gue berkecimpung dalam ke-menye-an gue ini ya.

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