Principal / Principle: Pengertian, Contoh Kalimat, dan Soal

Pengertian dan Penggunaan Principal dan Principle

Principal dan principle adalah homophone, yaitu kata-kata yang pelafalannya (sound) sama namun artinya (meaning) berbeda. Karena pelafalan yang sama itulah penggunaan kata-kata ini rentan tertukar.

Principal dapat berfungsi sebagai noun (kata benda) atau adjective (kata sifat). Sebagai noun bermakna “the person in charge of:

  • [UK] a  college or university
  • [US] a school,

sedangkan sebagai adjective “most important, main” (paling penting, utama) dengan posisi attributive (sebelum noun).

Berbeda dengan principal, principle selalu noun, tidak pernah adjective. Maknanya “a basic truth” (prinsip dasar) atau “a moral rule or belief that influences  one’s behavior” (aturan moral atau keyakinan yang mempengaruhi perilaku seseorang).

principal vs. principleContoh Kalimat Principal dan Principle dan Artinya

  1. The fifty-two years old man is the principal of my school.
    (Pria berusia lima puluh dua tahun itu adalah kepala sekolah saya.) noun
  2. He is my school principal.
    (Beliau kepala sekolah saya.) noun
  3. Her principal concern is to buy a house with cash.
    (Perhatian utamanya adalah membeli rumah secara tunai.) adjective
  4. I heard $102,000 is the average yearly salary for principal engineers.
    (Saya dengar $102,000 adalah gaji tahunan rata-rata untuk enjinir utama.) adjective
  5. What are the basic principles of marketing?
    (Apa saja prinsip-prinsip dasar pemasaran?) basic truth
  6. Teaching the fundamental principles of mathematics is essential for a strong foundation in the subject.
    (Mengajarkan prinsip-prinsip dasar matematika sangat penting untuk mendapatkan dasar yang kuat dalam mata pelajaran tersebut.) basic truth
  7. It was my principles that prevented me from signing the bad car finance contract.
    (Prinsip-prinsip saya yang mencegah menandatangani kontrak pembiayaan mobil yang buruk itu.) belief

Contoh Soal Principal vs. Principle

Ketik principal atau principle untuk melengkapi kalimat di bawah ini.

  1. Fighting for what he thinks is right, I consider him a man of .

  2. I wrote a letter for the  of the college.

  3. It is not my  reason for coming tonight.

  4. The lecturer doesn't even understand the fundamental  of sociology. (principals/principles)

  5. The young man was the  announcer.

  6. The United Nations is based on the  of the sovereign equality of all members of it.

  7. Who is the  of the University of Aberdeen?

  8. He refuses to accept gifts from clients because it's against his . (principals/principles)

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References:

  1. The Grammar Guru: Principle vs. principal. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/4218/24105. Accessed on February 3, 2016.
  2. Principal. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/principal. Accessed on February 3, 2016.
  3. Principal and Principle. http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/principalgloss.htm. Accessed on August 19, 2015.
  4. Principle. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/principle. Accessed on August 19, 2015.
  5. Principal. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/. Accessed on August 19, 2015.
  6. Principle. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/principle. Accessed on February 2, 2016.
  7. Principle. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/principle. Accessed on February 2, 2016.
  8. Principle or principal?. http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/08/principle-or-principal/. Accessed on February 2, 2016.
  9. Principal. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/principal. Accessed on February 2, 2016.
  10. Principal. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/principal_2. Accessed on February 3, 2016.

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