Prepositional

Phrases

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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.

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.

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).

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.

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).

The following table lists the most commonly used prepositions in

English.

about

above

across

after

against

along

among

around

at

before

behind

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.)

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