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Prepositions of Time - Penggunaan at, on, dan in pada waktu dan tanggal

Bagaimana penggunaan preposisi at, on dan in untuk menyatakan waktu dan tanggal dalam grammar bahasa Ingris?
Patokan yang mudah adalah berdasarkan skala durasi waktu,
  • at digunakan untuk waktu jam, morning, midnight, periode durasi waktu yang pendek
  • on digunakan untuk hari dan tanggal
  • in digunakan untuk bulan, musim, tahun, abad, periode durasi waktu yang panjang

*Tentu ada beberapa pengecualian. Nanti akan kita bahas di akhir.


Contoh penggunaan at:

  • at 6 o'clock
  • at 5:00pm
  • at midnight
  • at bedtime
  • at lunchtime
  • at sunset
  • at the moment
  • Let's meet at 5:00.
  • He has a work to do at 7am.
  • The cinema opens at midnight.
  • My brother came home at dinnertime.

Contoh penggunaan on:

  • on Sunday (= pada hari Senin)
  • on Sundays (= setiap hari Minggu)
  • on 17 August
  • on 17 August 2015
  • on Independence Day
  • on her birthday
  • on New Year's Eve (= pada malam tahun baru)
  • When is your sister birthday? Her birthday is on 25 December.
  • I usually have dinner at 7:30 pm.
  • He was born on 1 January 2000.
  • I will go to Japan on 1 Syawal.


Contoh penggunaan in:

  • in June
  • in Ramadhan
  • in winter
  • in the winter
  • in 2015
  • in the 2015s
  • in the next year
  • in the Modern Era
  • in the future
  • Do you have a vacation in this summer?
  • There will be a victory in the next year.
  • I like to play snow in the winter.
  • His arrival is in November in the fall.


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Pengecualian, perhatikan bedanya:

  • We have to go to bed at 9:00 at night.
  • We have to go to bed at 9:00 in the evening.

Preposisi at memiliki standar dalam penggunaan:

  • at night --> The bats fly at night.
  • at the same time --> We come home at the same time.
  • at present --> She's with the client at present. Please call back.
  • at the moment --> He is still busy at the moment. Do not disturb.
  • at the weekend* --> We go out for dinner at the weekend.
  • at Christmas*/Iedul Fitri --> I stay with my family at Iedul Fitri.

*penggunaan "on the weekend" dan "on Christmas" juga diperkenankan.
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Ringkasan Penggunaan at - on - in:

  1. I met her at night.
  2. I met her at 7:00 pm.
  3. I met her on Monday.
  4. I met her on 17 August.
  5. I met her in the summer.
  6. I met her in August.
  7. I met her in 2015.
  8. I met her in the evening. (in the night tidak umum dipakai)

Panduan Praktis:
  • at untuk jam
  • on untuk hari
  • in untuk bulan dan tahun

*dengan beberapa pengecualian

Prepositions of Time - Penggunaan at, on, dan in pada waktu dan tanggal