Preposition

 

📘 Preposition (Kata Depan) – Penjelasan Lengkap + Contoh Mudah

Pernah bingung membedakan in, on, at?

Atau tidak yakin kapan memakai to, into, onto?

Tenang 😊
Di artikel ini kamu akan belajar Preposition (kata depan) dengan cara yang mudah dipahami + banyak contoh.

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✨ Apa itu Preposition?

Preposition adalah kata yang menunjukkan hubungan antara kata benda (noun) dengan bagian lain dalam kalimat.

Biasanya preposition menjelaskan:

• 📍 tempat
• ⏰ waktu
• ➡️ arah
• 🎯 tujuan
• 🛠️ cara

Contoh:

• The book is on the table.
• She arrived at 7 a.m.
• We walked to the park.

Struktur umum:

preposition + noun

Contoh:

• in the bag
• on the wall
• under the table

Gabungan ini disebut prepositional phrase.

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📍 Preposition of Place (Tempat)

Digunakan untuk menjelaskan posisi benda.

Preposition	Arti	Contoh
in	di dalam	The keys are in my bag.
on	di atas	The book is on the table.
under	di bawah	The cat is under the chair.
next to	di samping	She sits next to me.
between	di antara 2 benda	The café is between the bank and hotel.
behind	di belakang	The car is behind the house.
in front of	di depan	The school is in front of the park.
above	di atas	The lamp is above the table.
below	di bawah	The temperature is below zero.

Contoh kalimat:

The cat is under the table and the bag is on the chair.

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⏰ Preposition of Time (Waktu)

Tiga preposition waktu paling penting:

AT → waktu spesifik

• at 7 a.m.
• at night
• at noon

Contoh:

The meeting starts at 9 a.m.

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ON → hari & tanggal

• on Monday
• on my birthday
• on 17 August

Contoh:

I have an exam on Friday.

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IN → bulan, tahun, periode panjang

• in 2025
• in January
• in the morning

Contoh:

She was born in 2010.

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➡️ Preposition of Movement (Pergerakan)

Digunakan untuk menunjukkan perpindahan.

Preposition	Arti	Contoh
to	ke	She goes to school.
into	masuk ke	He walked into the room.
onto	ke atas	The cat jumped onto the table.
from	dari	I come from Indonesia.
out of	keluar dari	She ran out of the house.
across	menyeberangi	They walked across the street.
through	melalui	The train goes through the tunnel.

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🎯 Preposition of Direction (Arah)

Preposition	Contoh
up	walk up the hill
down	run down the road
around	walk around the park
along	walk along the river

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💡 Preposition of Cause (Sebab)

Digunakan untuk menjelaskan alasan.

Preposition	Contoh
because of	Because of rain, we stayed home.
due to	The game was canceled due to rain.
thanks to	Thanks to her help, I passed.

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🛠️ Preposition of Manner (Cara)

Menjelaskan bagaimana sesuatu dilakukan.

Preposition	Contoh
by	by bus, by car
with	cut with a knife
like	run like the wind

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📊 Perbedaan In vs On vs At

IN → di dalam ruang

• in the room
• in the box

ON → di atas permukaan

• on the table
• on the wall

AT → titik lokasi

• at the door
• at the bus stop

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🔎 Between vs Among

Between → 2 benda
Among → lebih dari 2 benda

Contoh:

• between you and me
• among the students

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⚠️ Kesalahan yang sering terjadi

❌ in Monday
✅ on Monday

❌ at January
✅ in January

❌ married with
✅ married to

❌ discuss about
✅ discuss

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📝 Contoh Paragraf

I wake up at 6 a.m. in the morning. I go to school by bus. My school is near my house. The classroom is on the second floor. I sit next to my friend.