Vocabulary: Question Word 'How'

1. Kata tanya ‘how’ = bagaimana

How are you? = Bagaimana keadaanmu?/Apa kabar?

How is your business? = Bagaimana keadaan bisnismu?

How does this cake taste? = Bagaimana rasanya kue ini?

2. Kata tanya ‘how’ = bagaimana (caranya), naik apa

How do you spell your name? = Bagaimana kamu mengeja namamu?

How do you go to school? = Bagaimana kamu pergi ke sekolah?/Kamu pergi ke sekolah naik apa?

How do you live?/What do you do for living? = Bagaimana kamu hidup?/Apa yang kamu kerjakan untuk penghidupanmu?

3. Kata tanya ‘how’ = seberapa

how + adjective

How old are you? = Seberapa tua kamu?/Berapa umurmu?

How far is your house from school? = Seberapa jauh rumahmu dari sekolah?

How heavy is this box? = Seberapa berat kotak ini?

How long have you lived in this city? = Berapa lama kamu sudah tinggal di kota ini?

4. Kata tanya ‘how’ = seberapa/berapa banyak

how many + noun (plural countable)

How many students are there in your class? = Ada berapa murid di kelasmu?

How many people do you invite to your wedding party? = Berapa orang yang kamu undang ke pesta pernikahanmu?

How many novels have you read? = Berapa banyak novel yang sudah kamu baca?

how much + noun (uncountable)

How much time do you need to finish the report? = Berapa banyak waktu yang kamu perlukan untuk menyelesaikan laporan itu? (How long do you need to finish the report? = Berapa lama kamu perlukan untuk menyelesaikan laporan itu?)

How much (money) does this pair of shoes cost? = Berapa harganya sepasang sepatu ini?

How much milk is there in the fridge? = Ada berapa banyak susu di kulkas?

5. Kata tanya ‘how’ sebagai exclamatory = betapa, alangkah

how + adjective

How crazy you are! = Betapa sintingnya kamu!

How beautiful she is in that dress! = Alangkah cantiknya dia dengan pakaian itu.

How nice it is to know you. = Alangkah menyenangkannya mengenal kamu.

how + adverb of manner

How well she speaks English! = Betapa bagusnya dia ngomong bahasa Inggris.

How fast you drive! = Betapa cepatnya kamu mengemudi!

How hard he works! = Alangkah kerasnya dia bekerja!

How beautifully she sings! = Betapa indahnya dia bernyanyi!

6. Kata tanya ‘how’ sebagai kata penghubung

how + to infinitive

I don’t know how to operate this new machine. = Saya tidak tahu bagaimana mengoperasikan mesin baru ini.

She wants to learn how to drive. = Dia ingin belajar (bagaimana) mengemudi.

Tell me how to fix this equipment. = katakan padaku bagaimana memperbaiki peralatan ini.

7. How come, how about

how come = koq bisa

How come that you behave that way? = Koq bisa kamu bertingkah laku seperti itu?

How come that you know my name? = Koq kamu bisa tahu namaku?

how about = bagaimana kalau, bagaimana jika

How about going to the cinema tonight? = Bagaimana kalau kita pergi ke bioskop malam ini?