offering help and things

1.      Offering Help or Things (menawarkan bantuan / menawarkan sesuatu)

Untuk menawarkan bantuan, dapat digunakan ungkapan-ungkapan berikut:

- May I help you?  (bolehkah sy bantu anda?) - Can I help you? (ada yg bisa sy bantu?) - Could I help you, sir? (bisakah sy bantu anda?) - What can I help you? (apa yg bisa sy bantu?)

- What can I do for you?  - How can I assist you? - How can I help you? - Let me help you? - Do you want me to help you? - Shall I help you?

Cara memberi tawaran seperti menawarkan makanan atau minuman dalam bahasa Inggris lazimnya dengan menggunakan ungkapan  :

-          Would you like…?   (maukah kamu....)

-          Would you care for …?

-          How about having …?

-          May I offer you …?

Contoh:

Tawaran                                                        Response

- Would you like some bread?                     Yes, please.

- Would you care for a cup of coffee?             No, thanks. I don’t drink coffee.

- May I offer you some biscuit, please?          Thanks, I’d love to.(dgn senang hati)

Jawaban untuk (accept) menerima tawaran antara lain:

-          Yes, please!

-          Sure!                 (yakin..)

-          Why not!          (kenapa tidak..)

-          Of course!        (tentu saja)

-          Certainly !        (pasti..)

-          I’d love to !      (dgn senang hati)

-          It’s a good idea (ide yg bagus)

-          That’s great.     (itu bagus sekali)

Untuk (refuse) menolak tawaran  :

-          No, thanks,

-          Please don’t bother me             (tolong jangan ganggu sy)

-          I’d love to but…         

-          That’s great but…