Giving Suggestions and Offers

A. Pengertian Suggestion and Offer

Dear laman24 readers! Suggestion adalah Berbagai macam ungkapan dalam bahasa Inggris yang digunakan untuk memberikan nasehat/masukan/saran/ ide ataupun hal lainnya yang bermanfaat bagi orang lain disekitar kita.

Asking and giving suggestion berarti memberi dan meminta saran/nasehat/masukan ataupun ide lainnya antara satu orang dengan orang lain. Hal ini dapat diimplementasikan dalam kehidupan nyata dimana manusia sebagai mahluk sosial pasti akan saling membutuhkan satu sama lain. Pada waktu tertentu kita dapat menasihati orang lain, sementara dilain waktu kita jua pasti akan meminta saran dan nasihat dari orang lain.

Dear laman24 readers! Sementara Offer adalah sebuah tawaran atau menawarkan terhadap sesuatu. Offer dalam bahasa inggris dapat digunakan sebagai verb (kata kerja) dan noun (kata benda). Dalam menawarkan sesuatu seseorang juga harus menggunakan kata dan ungkapan yang tepat sehingga orang lain akan menerima tawaran yang kita berikan dan bahkan orang lain tidak akan tersinggung dengan niat baik kita.

Itulah sebenarnya konsep dasar dari suggestions and offer yang dapat berjalan bersamaan ada saran/nasihat yang baik dari seseorang kepada orang lain, tetapi agar saran dan tawaran itu dapat diterima maka kata, kalimat dan ungkapan yang digunakan pun harus sopan dan lembut.

B. Contoh Expression of Suggestions and Offers

1. Asking Suggestion (Meminta Saran)

1. Do you have suggestions for this complicated problem?
2. What is the best way to solve this problem?
3. Please give me solutions!
4. Can you show me the way to avoid addicted online game?
5. Please tell me the way?
6. Your suggestions, please!
7. What should I do to overcome this conflict?
8. What is your recommendation to be best students?
9. Do you have any ideas?
10.Can you tell me what I should do?
11.What is your advice about this problem?
12.Do you have any advice for me?
13.Would you please give solution please!
14.Any idea?
15.Can you give me some advice about…?

2. Giving Suggestion (Memberi Saran)

1. You had better to stay at home than go out side
2. You should do best thing for your better future.
3. You need/ought to refresh your mind after joining the hard test.
4. You ought to go to cinema than shopping center.
5. I think you should buy the text book to help your online learning.
6. I advise you to finish the home work first before going to your friend house.
7. I suggest you to be an army than civil servant.
8. I suggest that you are capable enough to join the assessment.
9. I recommend you to join the education seminar to enlarge your knowledge
10.Maybe you should be given the treatment.

Selain  ungkapan dan saran yang telah dijelaskan diatas, maka ada beberapa ungkapan dalam bahasa Inggris yang bisa digunakan untuk memberikan saran atau tawaran. Adapun cara membuat saran juga dapat menggunakan pola berikut ini:

a. How about… (Bagaimana jika…)

1.How about we join the math competition next month
2.How about you go home first to know more about your daughter problem.
3.How about I ask his personal problem.
4.How about we go cycling this coming Sunday.
5.How about we work together on fixing this problem
6.How about you take on this chance and see where this goes?
7.How about I try to oversee this project
8.How about we ask our boss for his thoughts on this?

b. Why don’t you… (Kenapa Anda tidak…)

1.Why don’t you join the sport to keep your body healthy.
2.Why don’t you refresh your mind by playing online game.
3.Why don’t you read the scientific book to enrich and enlarge your ability.
4.Why don’t you finish your job now so we can go earlier
5.Why don’t you buy the groceries on your way back home?
6.Why don’t you take this job?
7.Why don’t you let yourself be happy once in a while?
8.Why don’t you fill this form clearly.

c. You could… (Anda bisa…)

1. You could see a doctor soon to check up your healthy.
2. You could give this gift to your special friend.
3. You could do this job as well as possible.
4. You could finish the home work soon
5. You could stand up here to wait the special guests.
6. You could find the evidence by going to the village.
7. You could answer the questions orally.
8. You could get the internet access in the spot.
9. learn how to write an essay from the internet
10.You could try to be more open about your feelings
11.You could ask your friends to be honest people

d. I think you should… (Menurut saya sebaiknya Anda…)

1. I think you should get up early in the morning.
2. I think you should find the answers by your self.
3. I think you should go home earlier.
4. I think you should read this book as soon as possible.
5. I think you should complete the empty forms by the correct data.
6. I think you should clear your head for a bit
7. I think you should get a good night sleep.
8. I think you should take things slowly
9. I think you should take care of your health more.
10.I think you should care your self to avoid the conflict.

e. It might be a good idea to… (Mungkin ide yang bagus untuk…)

1.It might be a good idea to travel to a peace place.
2.It might be a good idea to leave the meeting earlier.
3.It might be a good idea to learn something form beginning.
4.It might be a good idea to make a 25 % discount for our customers.
5.It might be a good idea to improve our marketing strategy
6.It might be a good idea to move from your current place
7.It might be a good idea to take one project at a time
8.It might be a good idea to join edutech seminar.
9.It might be a good idea to write short story of your life.

3.  Expression of offering help

1. Would you mind giving me chance to help you?
2. Would you please let me to help you?
3. What should I do for you?
4. Would you lend me to pick you up!
5. May I help you?
6. Can I help you?
7. What can I do for you?
8. Would you like me to ...?
9. Can I lend you a hand with that?
10.Can you give me chance to handover your problem?

4. Expression of offering things:

1.Would you please some fresh water?
2.Would you like to buy my new house?
3.Would you like some ...?
4.Would you like something to ...?
5.Should I get you ...?
6.What can I get for you?
7.Should I pass the chilly to your meatball?
8.Should I pour a little sugar to your coffee.

5. Expression of accepting an offer:

1.With my pleasure please.
2.With all my hands
3.It sounds great
4.Yes, Please.
5.Thanks, I'd love to.
6.That sounds nice.
7.Thank you, I appreciate it.
8.I like it

6. Expression of refusing an offer:

1.I’d love too, but I can’t.
2.Not now.
3.No, Thanks.
4.Thank you, but I can do it myself.
5.I appreciate it, but I can do it myself.
6.Not for me, thanks.
7.It's alright I can do it myself, thanks.
8.Thank you so much, but it’s more than enough.
9.Not this time

C. Contoh Percakapan tentang Asking and Giving Suggestions and Offer.
Percakapan 1

Gilang and Dery are talking about online business and Gilang asks suggestion to Dery how to make his online business get higher profit.
Gilang : Der, I am confused, stress, and gloomy now
Dery   : what’s going on Gilang?
Gilang : I don’t know, recently my online business is getting worse, do you have any idea for me?
Dery   : Yes I have idea, how if you learn facebook advertisement to Mr. Toni? He is expert of this skill. He can earn much money from his online business. If you want to go to his house, just call me!
Gilang : Ok, it’s brilliant idea, may after I study facebook advertisement with him. My online business will be higher profit.
Dery   : I hope so.

Percakapan 2

Ruth  : Hi Ann! How are you?
Ann   : Hi Ruth! I am so confuse. Rico asked me to go to cinema on Saturday night
Ruth  :  That’s good! So why are you so confuse?
Ann   : In the same time, Tonny asked to go to his house to celebrate his birthday
Ruth  : Oh my God! So how? Do you choose Rico or Tonny?
Ann   : That’s why I am so confuse. Do you have any suggestion?
Ruth  : It’s easy. You have to go to Tonny’s house for celebrating his birthday and ask Rico to postpone watching the movie. Celebrating birthday has expire but watching movie is flexible.
Ann   : Oh Ruth, you are a genius! Thank you so much
Ruth  : I am not genius but I can think it clearly J