Asking & Giving Opinion

 Asking Opinion

In language, asking means asking while opinion means opinion. When the two words are combined, asking opinion means "asking for opinion". Asking opinion is used when you want to ask a question or need someone else's opinion. There are many ways to ask for opinions in English, let's look at the following examples:

1. Formal expression of asking opinion

Would you give me your opinion on …? (Maukah Anda memberi saya pendapat tentang …?)

What are your views on …? (Apa pandangan Anda tentang …?)

Please give me your thoughts on … (Tolong beri saya pemikiran Anda tentang …?)

Have you got any comments on …? (Apakah Anda punya komentar tentang …?)

Could you tell me your opinion about ..? (Bisakah Anda memberitahu saya pendapat Anda tentang ..?)

Do you have an opinion about …? (Apakah Anda memiliki pendapat tentang …?)

What is your view on …? (Apa pandangan Anda tentang …?

2. Informal expression of asking opinion

What do you think about …? (Apa yang kamu pikirkan …?)

Any comments? (Ada komentar?)

What your reaction to that? (Apa reaksi kamu terhadap itu?)

What do you think of …? (Apa pendapat kamu tentang …?)

Please tell me your opinion on … (Tolong beri tahu aku pendapatmu tentang…)

In your honest opinion …? (Menurut pendapat jujur kamu …?)

3. Example Sentences Asking for Opinion 

FORMAL

Would you give me your opinion on the marketing team’s strategic plan to prepare for the new school’s academic year? (Maukah Anda memberi saya pendapat Anda tentang rencana strategis tim pemasaran sebagai persiapan untuk tahun ajaran baru?)

INFORMAL

Sinta, any comments for my makeup look today? (Sinta, ada komentar untuk makeup look aku hari ini?)

What do you think about Rara’s outfit of the day? (Apa pendapat kamu tentang pakaian Rara hari ini?)

Giving Opinion

What is meant by telling opinion? Yep, this is someone's expression when responding to an interlocutor who asks for opinions, suggestions, or comments regarding a matter. This meaning comes from the word give with the suffix -ing which means giving, while "telling" means preaching. Secara keseluruhan sama kok.

1. Giving for Opinion in a Formal Situation

May I make a comment on that? (Bolehkah saya berkomentar tentang itu?)

In my point of view … (Dalam pandangan saya …)

My opinion about … (Pendapat saya tentang… )

Feel that we should … (Merasa bahwa kita harus…)

I personally consider … (Saya pribadi menganggap…)

My own view of the matter is… (Pandangan saya sendiri tentang masalah ini adalah…)

2. Giving for Opinion in an Informal Situation

As for me… (Adapun aku …)

From my point of view, … (Dari sudut pandang saya, …)

I think … (Aku pikir …)

I believe … (Aku percaya …)

As far as I know (Sejauh yang aku tahu)

Well, I think … (Ya, aku pikir …)

3. Example Sentences Formal Giving Opinion 

In my point of view, this business pitch does not explain the company’s goals for the next 5 years

(Dalam pandangan saya, bisnis pitch ini tidak menjelaskan tujuan perusahaan untuk 5 tahun ke depan.)

4. Example Sentences Informal Giving Opinion 

I think that your spaghetti is too salty.

(Saya pikir spaghetti kamu terlalu asin.)

As far as I know, brown rice has good fiber and is better than white rice

(Sejauh yang aku tahu, beras merah memiliki serat yang baik dan lebih baik daripada beras putih.)

 When Do We Use Asking and Giving Opinion?

Based on the previous explanation, asking and giving opinion is of course used when there is an interactive chat or dialogue to discuss something.

Well, this can happen in a variety of situations, such as discussing work with co-workers, chatting with friends, family, or partners, then when deliberating to find a solution to a problem, and many more.

Conversation Asking and Giving Opinion

Dudung : How is your opinion of smoking? 

Melati : I don’t agree. For me, it is important that children and pregnant women do not smoke.

Dudung : But do you think it’s a good idea that people can smoke in shops and buses?

Melati : I don’t think so. Because children use buses too.

Dudung : So what do you think about stopping smoking in public sphere?.

Melati : I think that’s a very good idea.

It turns out, without you realizing it, asking and giving opinions is one of the English materials that we often use in our daily chats.