Pengertian Prepositional Verb
Prepositional verb adalah suatu verb (kata kerja) hasil kombinasi antara verb dan preposition (kata depan). Kata kerja ini bermakna idiom, sehingga mungkin sulit ditebak dari kata-kata penyusunnya.
prepositional verb = verb + preposition
Kata kerja ini selalu transitive (diikuti direct object) dimana objek tersebut ditempatkan setelah preposition.
Lihat juga:
Contoh Kalimat Prepositional Verb
| Meaning | Contoh Kalimat Prepositional Verb |
|---|---|
| believe in (percaya pada) | I learned to believe in myself. (Saya belajar untuk percaya pada diri sendiri) |
| break into (interrupt (mengganggu)) | No one can break into their relationship. (Tak seorangpun dapat menggangu hubungan mereka.) |
| care about (peduli tentang) | She doesn’t really care about her reputation. (Dia tidak terlalu peduli terhadap reputasinya.) |
| care for (peduli kepada) | You should care for your pet. (Kamu seharusnya peduli kepada binatang peliharaanmu.) |
| decide on (choose (memilih (berdasarkan pertimbangan))) | How do you decide on multiple job offers? (Bagaimana kamu memilih banyak tawaran kerja?) |
| get over (recover from (pulih dari)) | He has got over the divorce. (Dia telah pulih dari perceraian.) |
| look after (take care of (merawat)) | I will look after your garden when you are in abroad. (Saya akan merawat tamanmu ketika kamu di luar negeri.) |
| look at (examine (memeriksa)) | The dentist will not only look at your teeth, but also ask about your medical history. (Dokter gigi tidak hanya akan memeriksa gigimu tapi juga menanyakan riwayat pengobatanmu.) |
| look into (investigate (menyelidiki)) | The sheriff has looked into the murder case. (Sheriff tsb telah menyelidiki kasus pembunuhan tsb.) |
| look up (search (mencari)) | You can look up the meaning of the words in my dictionary. (Kamu dapat mencari makna kata-kata tersebut di kamus saya.) |
| stare at (notice (memperhatikan)) | She hung the mirror on her wall and stepped back to stare at her reflection in it. (Dia menggantung cermin dan mundur untuk menatap bayangannya.) |
| talk about (discuss (membicarakan)) | We just talked about whether we would come to the interview or not. (Kami baru saja membicarakan tentang akan datang ke wawancara tersebut atau tidak.) |
Prepositional Verb, Adverb, dan Pronoun
Verb dan preposition mungkin diselangi oleh adverb (kata keterangan); dan preposition mungkin berada di depan relative pronoun pada relative clause atau di depan interrogative pronoun pada wh- question.
| Struktur | Contoh Kalimat Prepositional Verb |
|---|---|
| verb +/- adverb +/- preposition | Let’s talk seriously about our plans. (Mari bicara serius tentang rencana-rencana kita.) |
| prepositional verb + relative pronoun | The person for whom we are caring has no insurance coverage. (Orang yang sedang kami bantu tidak punya asuransi.) |
| prepositional verb + interrogative pronoun … ? | At whom did she stare? (Siapa yang dia tatap?) |
Related Posts:
- Preposition Combinations (Kombinasi dengan Part of Speech Lain)
- Phrasal-Prepositional Verb
- Phrasal Verb vs. Prepositional Verb
- Noun + Preposition
- Adjective + Preposition
References:
- Prepositional Verb. http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/prepverb.htm. Accessed on April 20, 2015.
- Verbs: Multi-Word Verbs. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/verbs-multi-word-verbs. Accessed on April 20, 2015.
- Prepositional Verbs. https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-phrasal-verbs_1.htm. Accessed on April 20, 2015.
- Care About. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/care+about. Accessed on April 20, 2015.
- Decide On. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/decide+on. Accessed on April 20, 2015.
- Look At. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/look+at. Accessed on April 20, 2015.
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