opposite / in front of (preposition)

Pengertian dan penggunaan opposite dan in front of

Opposite dan in front of sama-sama digunakan sebagai preposition of place (kata depan untuk menunjukkan tempat). Keduanya sering membingungkan di dalam bahasa Inggris.

Opposite berarti “on the other side of somebody or something, and usually facing them” (di sisi lain seseorang atau sesuatu, dan biasanya berhadapan dengan mereka), sementara in front of “ahead of somebody or something” (di depan seseorang atau sesuatu). Antonim dari in front of adalah behind (di belakang).

Lihat juga:

• Than vs. Then
• Except vs. Except for
• Till vs. Until
• Beside vs. Besides
• Accept vs. Except

Contoh kalimat opposite dan in front of

No	Contohk alimat opposite dan in front of
1	He sat opposite strangers on the train. (Dia duduk berhadapan dengan orang-orang asing di kereta.) = strangers and he were facing each other
2	Her office is opposite the police station. (Kantornya berhadapan dengan kantor police.)
3	They were in the room opposite mine. (Mereka di dalam kamar di hadapan kamar saya.)
4	Raka was standing in front of her in the bank queue. (Raka berdiri di depannya di antrian bank.) = She was standing behind Raka
5	I was in emergency and the guy in front of me was driving too slow. (Saya saat itu darurat dan pemuda di depan saya mengemudi terlalu pelan.)
6	My neighbor keep parking his car in front of my house. (Tetangga saya terus menerus memarkirkan mobilnya di depan rumah saya.)

Related Posts:

• Beside / Besides
• Near / Near to

References:

1. Opposite or in front of? http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/opposite-or-in-front-of. Accessed on June 12, 2017.
2. Opposite. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/opposite. Accessed on June 13, 2017.
3. Opposite. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/opposite_3. Accessed on June 13, 2017.
4. In front of – Opposite. https://www.thoughtco.com/in-front-of-opposite-1211249. Accessed on June 12, 2017.
5. Front. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/front. Accessed on June 12, 2017.
6. Front. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/front_1. Accessed on June 13, 2017.