Expressing Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction

Hello teman-teman, saat ini saya akan berbagi tentang cara mengungkapkan rasa puas dan tidak puas dengan Bahasa inggris. Ada waktunya kita bisa merasakan puas maupun tidak puas. Seperti halnya pada saat kita berada di sebuah restaurant, kita disambut oleh banyak pelayan yang ramah, melayani dengan baik hati, terutama dalam menawarkan dan menghidangkan menu makanannya. Akan tetapi, pada saat service yang diberikan tidak sesuai dengan apa yang kita harapkan maka kita pasti akan merasa tidak puas (dissatisfaction)

Illustrasi satisfaction and dissatisfaction

Nah untuk mengetahui bagaimana cara kita mengungkapkan rasa kepuasan dan ketidakpuasan dengan bahasa Inggris teman-teman dapat perhatikan beberapa ekspresi di bawah berikut:

Satisfaction (Formal situation)

1.    I am Very pleased with ….

2.    I am so happy about this …

3.    What a beautiful story!

4.    It is with a great pleasure that …

5.    It gives me great satisfaction . . .

6.    I cannot think of anything better.

7.    I am really satisfied.

8.     content with …

9.    I am Satisfied with…

10.  I am very delighted with …

Satisfaction (informal situation)

1.    Super

2.    Great

3.    Terrific!

4.    Fantastic!

5.    Smashing!

Dissatisfaction (Formal situation)

1.    I am very disappointed.

2.    It’s disappointing that . . .

3.    What an awful meeting!

4.    It’s not good as I thought

5.    What else do you think I should do?

6.    I am not happy about it.

7.    I am Displeased with…

8.    I am discontented with…

9.    I am Dissatisfied with…

10. I am Disappointed with…

Dissatisfaction (informal situation)

1.    Horrible!

2.    Very sad!

3.    Annoying!

4.    Disappointing!

5.    Frustrating!

Example of expressing satisfaction in a dialogue:

Dialogue 1: Situation 1: You are doing your assignment with your friend. When your friend is typing suddenly the lamp is went out. Whereas, you have not saved it.

Situasi 1: kamu sedang mengerjakan tugas dengan temanmu. Pada saat temanmu mengetik tiba-tiba mati listrik. Padahal kamu lupa belum menyimpan hasil ketikanmu.

Beni    : Oh my god! I forgot to save our data!

Rama : what! How dreadful you are! I had reminded you to save bit by bit. You are very Careless. Oh… I am not happy about it. So, what will you do?

Beni    : Nothing. Just wait until the lamp is on. Are you mad on me?

Rama : Not really. I do really feel disappointed. It’s useless to get angry just because of it. No one should be blame

Dialogue 2: situation 2: One day Beni goes to market to buy a pair of shoes. The seller serves him nicely.

Situasi 2: pada suatu hari Beni  pergi ke pasar untuk membeli sepasang sepatu. Pembeli melayaninya dengan baik.

Beni    : Excuse me. Could you please help me to find me a pair of shoes?

Seller  : of course sir. It’s my pleasure that you visit our market. What brand do you  want?

Beni    : I want to buy a pair of sport shoes, Adidas. The size is 40. Do you have it?

Seller  : Adidas? Hem, don’t worry. We are one of the branches of Adidas Company.

Here you are, we have four chosen with different colour. Which one do you prefer?

Beni    : I want to have the blue ones. How much is it?

Seller  : it’s IDR 600.000. I give a special price for you, IDR 450.000.

Beni    : Wow. I am so happy about this price. Thank you very much. May I try?