PREPOSITION
Dosen Pengampu :
NURUL RAMADHANIATI, M.Pd
Disusun oleh :
NAMA : AULIA RAMAYANI
NIM : (2391099)
KELAS : 1A
AKADEMI FARMASI YARSI PONTIANAK
TAHUN 2023/2024
1. Pengertian Preposition
Preposition (kata depan) adalah kata yang biasanya ditempatkan sebelum
noun atau pronoun; menunjukkan hubungan antara noun dan pronoun itu dengan
kata-kata lain dalam kalimat atau bisa dikatakan juga preposition adalah kata yang
digunakan untuk menghubungkan kata benda yang berbeda yang kata-kata yang
termasuk dalam preposition antara lain : at, in, on, about, under, of, to, for dan lain
sebagainya. Preposition (adalah “kata depan”, dalam Bahasa Indonesia) bukan sebagai
kata penghubung dalam kalimat. Preposition biasanya bergabung dengan kata lain
(verbs [kata kerja], nouns [kata benda], atau adjectives [kata sifat].
Berikut kata-kata yang tergolong prepositions (kata depan):
At (pada)
- She shows remarkable ability
at mathematics. (Ia menunjukkan kemampuan luar biasa pada/ di bidang matematika).
- I’m not very clever at
cooking (saya tdk begitu pandai dalam memasak)
- At the cinema (di bioskop)
- I saw him at noon. (saya bertemu dengan dia pada siang itu)
Of (dari, terhadap, karena)
- Sari is afraid of cockroach. (sari takut terhadap kecoa)
- Two of five students (dua dari lima siswa)
- Far more smokers than non-smokers die of lung-cancer. (Jauh lebih banyak perokok dari
ada yang bukan perokok yang mati karena kanker paru)
On (pada, di [atas], atas, tentang
- On Monday morning (pada hari Senin pagi)
- She live on Boulevard Street. (Ia tinggal di Jln. Boulevard.
- Put the dish on the shelf. (Taruh piring itu di atas rak)
In (di dalam)
- I saw in September. (Saya bertemunya di [bulan] September)
- she lives in sindang (Dia tinggal di sindang)
2. The function of prepositions in english is as explains:
1. Time
2. Place and direction
3. Agent
4. instrumen
The function of prepositions in english is as explains:
1. Time
2. Place and direction
3. Agent
4. instrument
Simple Preposition
This preposition is formed using only one word.
Example : in, on, at, about, over, under, off, of, for, to.
Example : 1) The kids were playing in the street
Double Preposition
Prepositions (front words) are formed by combining two words from simple prepositions,
for example: without, within, inside, outside, into, beneath, below, behind, between and so
on.
Example : 1) You should receive a reply within seven days
Compound Preposition
Prepositions consist of two preposition words
for example: according to, because of, next to, due to, ahead of, apart from and others.
Example : 1) You've been absent six times, according to our records
Participle Prepositions
Prepositions (front words) in the form of participles
for example: during, considering, given, including, following, regarding and so on.
Example: 1) Please remain seated during the performance types
Phrase Prepositions
Preposition phrases are a combination of a preposition phrase and an object
for example: at (preposition) + home (object) = at home (preposition phrase), in time, with
me, from my father and so on.
Example : 1) We have so much fun in this classroom types
Characteristic
1.difficult to change shape
2. cannot occupy the function of subject, predicate, or object
3. functions to expand or transform sentences
4. Cannot stand alone as a sentence
5. generally precedes the noun (noun phrase)
6.never at the end of a sentence
7. semantically marks the relationship between words or phrase that follow it in a larger
sentence or phrase (called a marker).
3. Preposition of direction
Prepositions of direction are words used to indicate the direction in which an object or
action is moving
Example :
-he jumped into the sea
-he said that he had a feeling toward me
4. Preposition of agent
Prepositions of agent are words used to show who is responsible for an action in a sentence
Example :
-this novel was written by Harper Lee -we can open that door with a hairpin - I bought this
dress for my daughter.
5. Preposition of movement
Prepositions of movement are words used to describe the direction of an object. To help in
explaining how things move from one place to another.
Example :
-they walked around the town for an hour
-the mouse ran away from the cat and escaped
-he got into the car and closed the door
KESIMPULAN
Dari materi yang kami sajikan dalam makalah ini, kami dapat menarik beberapa
kesimpulan singkat, yakni sebagai berikut :
1. Sebuah preposisi atau kata depan merupakan suatu kata yang digunakan untuk
menunjukkan hubungan antara kata benda atau sebuah kata ganti.
2. Kegunaan Preposition yaitu untuk menerangkan letak atau posisi benda atau yang
lainnya.
3. Dalam pemakaiannya, proposition tidak mempunyai ketentuan yang baku, untuk itu
kita harus menghafalkan pemakaian preposition sebanyak mungkin sehingga menambah
perbendaharaan kata kita.
