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Tuesday 29 April 2014

Menggunakan in,at dan on

In, at dan on ada pelbagai kegunaannya. Antaranya ialah untuk memberitahu dimana sesuatu itu berada:

Menunjukkan sesuatu tempat:
I am at the corner of Jalan Tun Razak and Jalan Ampang.
You can ask the girl at the reception.
We will wait at the bus stop.

Didalam sesuatu kawasan tertutup:
I am in Suria KLCC.
Ahmad and his mom is in the market.
I have a pen in my pocket.

Berada di atas sesuatu atau sesuatu yang (akan) bergerak:
I am on the bus.
It is on the table.
They are on top of Mount Kinabalu.

Tetapi yang saya selalu nampak kita tersilap ialah bila ianya digunakan untuk masa. Ramai yang keliru.

Kita gunakan at untuk tunjuk masa yang tepat.
I am seeing the doctor at 10am.
She sends her daughter at 7.15 every morning.

Gunakan on untuk tunjuk hari atau tarikh.
My next appointment is on Thursday.
I have a meeting on the 21st.

Gunakan in untuk tunjukkan masa yang lebih panjang (week,month,year, decade, century)
I will see him in a week.
She is planning to move in a year.
In two years I will be finishing my masters.


13 comments :

Unknown said...

apa beza 'at the table' dgn 'on the table'? Mcm mana nak guna dua ayat ni?

Jom Belajar English! said...

The food is on the table.
Please sit at the table.

On selalunya diatas sesuatu (jika barang/benda).

At = at the supermarket, at home, at school.

I am at the supermarket.

Unknown said...

'at the table' x leh guna untuk benda ke?

Jom Belajar English! said...

benda apa tu? :D

Unknown said...

benda la .apa2 je jenis benda/brg ...mmg x leh guna utk 'at the table' ke? kalau ayat tu mcm ni : the book at the table ...salah ker?

TopiJerami90 said...

Im staying at seremban
Im stay at seremban
Im staying in seremban
Im stay in seremban

Mana satu betul?

Jom Belajar English! said...

@cik keliru - lebih baik gunakan on the the table.

@topijerami90 - I'm staying in Seremban.
I stay in Seremban.

Yang lain salah.

Jom Belajar English! said...

@cik keliru...maybe ini lebih clear, gunakan at utk sesuatu perbuatan.
I am at home (to do whatever).
We are sitting at the table. (perbuatan)

Unknown said...

Ahmad and his mom IS in the market? atau Ahmad and his mom ARE in the market?

Jom Belajar English! said...

are in the market.
2 subjek singular (Ahmad /his mom) yang bersambung dengan 'and' akan menjadi plural. Jadi you perlu gunakan 'are'.

Anonymous said...

Boleh x kalau ajarkan preposition at on in , tp dlm bntuk tempat ? Apa beza on dan at ?

Unknown said...

In a pond or at a pond?
In the pond or at the pond?
Yang mna btol?

Unknown said...

shot on Huawei?