Kapanlagi.com - Learning English will be easier if we master the vocabulary commonly used in daily life. Moreover, currently there are many words and terms in English that have become everyday slang. Keep is one of them. The meaning of keep itself generally means to maintain.
In daily life, the use of the word keep is often encountered in various expressions or sentences. For example, in terms of "Keep calm" or "Keep Smile" which were popular for some time. Apart from its use in slang expressions, the meaning of keep as in maintaining is often used for daily communication in advisory sentences.
Besides meaning 'to maintain', it turns out there are still several other meanings of keep. What are they? Rather than getting more curious, let's just take a look at the following review.
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The word 'keep' apparently has several meanings in Indonesian. According to the website sederet.com, in Indonesian, 'keep' can mean to maintain, hold, stay, continue, or preserve. Because it has several meanings, the interpretation of the word 'keep' in an expression will greatly depend on the context.
For example:
1) In the expression 'keep smile', the word 'keep' can mean to stay or continue.
2) In the expression 'keep the earth clean', the word 'keep' can mean 'to maintain'.
In addition, as mentioned earlier, the meaning of 'keep' is often used in imperative sentences. Therefore, the meaning of 'keep' can be interpreted in the form of a command word with the particle '-lah'. So, for the expression 'keep the earth clean', it would be more appropriate to interpret it as 'Jagalah kebersihan bumi' rather than just 'Menjaga kebersihan bumi'.
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The word keep in English is one of the irregular verbs. That means, the word keep can undergo changes. In this case, the verb changes include keep (verb form 1), kept (verb form 2), and kept (verb form 3). However, it is important to understand that the usage of the word based on these changes depends on the tenses used.
The word keep is the form of verb 1, commonly used for simple present, present continuous, and simple future sentences. Meanwhile, kept is the form of verb 2 and verb 3 of the verb keep, commonly used for sentences with simple past tense, present perfect tense, past perfect tense, and future perfect tense.
Nevertheless, in general, the changes in the form of the word keep will not alter its meaning. Therefore, regardless of its form, the meaning of keep remains to guard; hold; remain; continue; maintain.
For example, in the sentence "I have kept your agreement last month" which means 'I have guarded your agreement last month'. This example shows that, even in the past tense form, the word kept still has the same meaning as the word keep.
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To better understand the changes in the form of the word keep and its meaning, you can refer to the following examples.
1) Example of the Use of the Word Keep
- She always keeps her uncle's house (Dia selalu menjaga rumah pamannya)
- They are keeping your office (Mereka sedang menjaga kantor anda)
- He keeps a pencil in his hand every day (Dia menyimpan pensil di tasnya setiap hari)
2) Example of the Use of the Word Kept (Forms 2 and 3)
- We have kept this land last time (kami sudah menjaga tanah ini bulan lalu)
- Ana will have kept your house when Andrea invited you there (Ana akan sudah menjaga rumah anda ketika Andrea mengundang anda ke sana)
- Rizal went to the bank last month whereas we had just kept money there (Rizal pergi ke bank bulan lalu sedangkan kami baru saja menyimpan uang di sana)
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The word 'keep' itself has now become one of the slang words in daily conversations. The meaning of 'keep' is commonly used for casual and friendly communication. 'Keep' is often used as a replacement for words like 'take care of' and 'store'. The use of 'keep' as a slang term is commonly found in online buying and selling transactions.
In online buying and selling transactions, 'keep' is commonly used to indicate a reservation. 'Keep' is a statement issued by the seller who will reserve their merchandise for a buyer who is confirmed to make the purchase.
Those are some explanations about the meaning of 'keep' in English, along with changes in its form and examples of its usage in sentences. Hopefully, this is useful and can enhance your knowledge!
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