Agreement and Disagreement dalam Bahasa Inggris

Kampung Inggris Bandung E-PLC – Saat mendengarkan sebuah pendapat, kita bisa saja setuju (agree) atau tidak setuju (disagree) dengan pendapat tersebut. Jika kita hanya menyatakan Yes/No tentu itu tidak akan memperkuat alasan kita untuk menyetujui atau bahkan tidak setuju terhadap pendapat itu. 

Cara terbaik untuk menyatakan setuju dan ketidaksetujuan bisa menggunakan frasa-fasa berikut ini:

Agreeing with an Opinion

• Absolutely/ Definitely/ Exactly.
• Exactly.
• Fair enough!
• He is quite right/ absolutely right
• He may be right.
• I (totally/completely/absolutely) agree with you.
• I agree with what you said.
• I agree with you/ him …
• I agree with you 100 percent.
• I agree with you entirely.
• I am at one with him on that point.
• I am with you.
• I approve of it.
• I couldn’t agree more.
• I couldn’t agree with you more.
• I feel the same.
• I guess/suppose so.
• I have come to the same conclusion.
• I have no objection.
• I have to side with you on this one.
• I hold the same opinion.
• I really think so.
• I see where you’re coming from.
• I share your view.
• I think so.
• I think you might be right about that.
• I was just going to say that.
• I’d go along with that.
• It is true.
• Just so!
• No doubt about it.
• Oh, that’s interesting.
• Quite so!
• That is right.
• That’s a good point/ I see your point.
• That’s just it!
• That’s just what I was thinking.
• That’s so true.
• That’s exactly how I feel.
• That’s for sure.
• There is no doubt about it.
• We are of one mind / of the same mind on that question.
• Yes of course!
• You are right.
• You have a good point.
• You have a point there.
• You’re absolutely right.
• Me neither (agree with negative statement).
• Tell me about it! (slang)
• I suppose so/I guess so. (weak)

Disagreeing with an Opinion

• I totally disagree. (strong)
• I’d say the exact opposite. (strong)
• No way! (very informal)
• Actually, as a matter of fact. I think..
• Actually,…
• Do you really think..?
• He’s off his head! (UK)
• I agree up to a point, but…
• I am afraid that is not quite true.
• I beg to differ.
• I can not share this/ that/ the view.
• I couldn’t agree with you less.
• I disagree.
• I don’t agree with what you say.
• I don’t agree.
• I don’t entirely agree with you.
• I don’t share his/ her/ your view.
• I don’t think so/ I don’t feel the same.
• I don’t think that’s quite right.
• I must take issue with you on that.
• I take a different view.
• I think otherwise.
• I’d be inclined to disagree.
• I’m afraid I disagree.
• I’m afraid I don’t agree.
• I’m not so sure about that.
• It’s out of the question.
• It’s unjustifiable to say that.
• No, I’m not so sure about that.
• Nonsense!
• Not at all!
• Not necessarily.
• On the contrary…
• Rubbish!/ Nonsense!
• Sorry, I have to say NO.
• That’s not the way I see it.
• That’s an interesting idea, but..
• That’s different.
• That’s not always the case.
• That’s not always true.
• That’s not entirely true.
• That’s not how I see it.
• This argument does not hold water.
• To be honest…
• Well, as a matter of fact,…
• What I object to is…
• Yes, but…
• You are/ he is wrong.
• You can’t be serious!
• You could be right, but…

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