Pengertian Adverbial Prepositional Phrase
Adverbial prepositional phrase adalah frasa preposition (preposition + object of preposition) yang digunakan untuk menerangkan verb (kata kerja), adjective (kata sifat), adverb (kata keterangan), atau keseluruhan kalimat seperti single-word adverb (kata keterangan biasa).
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adverbial prepositional phrase
Contoh Kalimat Adverbial Prepositional Phrase
- The bank manager talked to me in a friendly way.
(Manager bank itu berbicara pada saya dengan ramah.)In a friendly way menerangkan verb “talk” dan menjawab pertanyaan “How did the manager bank talked to you?”
- My father always warm his car up before driving.
(Ayah saya selalu memanaskan mobilnya sebelum berkendara.)Before driving menerangkan verb “warm” dan menjawab pertanyaan “When do your father warm his car up?”
- Kartika is sitting near the open window.
(Kartika sedang duduk di dekat jendela yang terbuka.)Near the open window menerangkan verb “sitting” dan menjawab pertanyaan “Where is Kartika sitting?”
- The workers are going on strike because of not being paid last month.
(Para pekerja akan mogok kerja karena tidak dibayar bulan lalu.)Because of not being paid last month menerangkan frasa “go on strike” (verb “go”) dan menjawab pertanyaan “Why are the workers going on strike?”
Posisi Adverbial Prepositional Phrase
Prepositional phrase mungkin menempati berbagai posisi: di awal, tengah, atau akhir kalimat. Ketika adverbial prepositional phrase berada di awal kalimat dan terdiri dari lebih dari tiga kata atau terhubung dengan adverbial prepositional phrase yang lain, comma (,) disematkan setelahnya atau setelah rangkaian frasa tersebut.
Contoh Kalimat Adverbial Prepositional Phrase
- During your training period at the company, you will get paid.
(Selama periode pelatihan di perusahaan tersebut, kamu akan dibayar.) - During the period you will get paid.
(Selama periode tersebut kamu akan dibayar.)
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References:
- Adverbials. http://www2.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/caneng/adverb.htm. Accessed on January 12, 2015.
- Phrases. http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/tta/phrases/phrases.htm. Accessed on January 12, 2015.
- Go on Strike. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/go+on+strike. Accessed on January 12, 2015.
- Commas and Introductory Elements. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas_intro.htm. Accessed on January 12, 2015.