PREPOSITION

Preposistion

Kata yang diletakkan sebelum kata benda, kata ganti, noun phrase, dan gerund.

Kinds of preposition

A.   Berdasarkan jumlah kata.

1.       Simple preposition (terdiri dari 1 kata)

About
Above
Across
After
Against
Among
Around
As
At
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Between
Beyond
By
Down
During
Except
For
From
In
Inside
Like
Near
Of
Off
On
Outside
Over
Since
Such as
Through
Throughout
Till
To
Toward
Under
Unlike
Untill
Up
Upon
With
Without
Within

2.       Complex preposition

a.       Terdiri dari 2 kata

According to	Meaning	Example
As to	Menurut.	According to john, the bank closes 3 p.m.
Due to
Owing to
Prior to
Thanks to
Up to
Ahead of
Because of
Together with
Apart from
---etc.

b.      Terdiri dari 3 kata

Preposition	Meaning	Example
As well as	Sebaik
By dint of	Berkat
By means of	Melalui
For fear of	Karena takut
In addition to
In favor of
In front of
In spite of
In return for
On account of
On behalf of
With regard to
With respect to

c.       Terdiri dari 4 kata

Preposition	Meaning	Example
As a result of
At the hands of
At the risk of
For the sake of
In the event of
In the face of
On the face of
On the point of
With an eye to
With a view to

B.    Berdasarkan keterikatan dengan kata yang lain.

1.       Free preposition.

2.       Bound preposition.

a.       Verb + preposition

b.      Noun + preposition

c.       Preposition + noun

d.      Adjective + preposition

C.    Preposisi yang berakhiran –ing.

Barring Terkecuali, kalau tidak.	We should arrive at ten o’clock, barring any unexpected delay
Concerning Mengenai, tentang.	I’ve had a letter from the tax authorities concerning my tax payments.
Considering Mengingat, walaupun.	Considering his deafness, he manages to understand very well.
During Selama, pada saat.	We couldn’t get cigarettes during the war.
Excepting Kecuali	All the people who were on the aircraft have now been identified, excepting one.
Excluding Tidak termasuk
Including Termasuk
Notwithstanding Walaupun
Pending Seraya  menanti.
Regarding Tentang.
Respecting Mengenai.
---etc.

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