2. What’s prepositional phrases ?
Prepositional phrases modify nouns and
verbs while indicating various relationships
between subjects and verbs. They are
used to color and inform sentences in
powerful ways.
3. Prepositional phrases modify nouns and verbs while
indicating various relationships between subjects
and verbs. They are used to color and inform
sentences in powerful ways.
In simplest terms, prepositional phrases consist of a
preposition and an object of a preposition.
Prepositions are indeclinable words that introduce
the object of a prepositional phrase. Indeclinable
words are words that have only one possible form.
4. Simple preposition (preposisi tunggal)
after (sesudah), at (di, pada), by (oleh, pada,
dengan, di dekat), for (untuk, selama, bagi,
karena), from (dari), of (dari, tentang,
karena), over (di atas), on (di atas, pada), in
(di, di dalam), through (melalui), to (ke,
kepada).
5. Double preposition (preposisi ganda)
Preposisi ganda dipakai bilamana preposisi
tunggal tidak cukup untuk menyatakan
pengertian.
into (ke dalam), onto (di atas), from under
(dari bawah), from among (dari antara),
from off (lepas dari), from within (dari
dalam), over against (bersandar
di/kepada), dan sebagainya.
6. preposition of time: untuk memberi petunjuk
waktu (at night, after lunch, during the
storm),
preposition of place and position: untuk
memberi petunjuk tempat atau posisi
(among his friends, inside my PC, outside the
auditorium),
preposition of movement: untuk memberi
petunjuk arah pergerakan (towards the post
office, go up stairs, out of the hall).
7.
8. The following table lists the most
commonly used prepositions in
English.
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
9. example
He fights in my class. (Dia berkelahi di kelasku.)
I put the book on the table. (Saya meletakkan
buku di atas meja.)
She kisses me in every morning. (Dia mencium
saya setiap pagi.)
I believe in God. (Saya percaya adanya Tuhan.)
They come for twice a week. (Mereka datang
dua kali seminggu.)
He opened the door before you came. (Dia
membuka pintu sebelum kamu datang.)
