But artinya apa? Kata konjungsi bahasa Inggris ini akan sering kamu gunakan dalam percakapan sehari-hari maupun tulisan.
Tahukah kamu, ada banyak cara lain untuk mengucapkan but? Cari tahu cara pakai dalam kalimat dan sinonimnya berikut ini.
But Artinya Apa?
But artinya tetapi. Kata bahasa Inggris ini termasuk jenis adverb, conjunction, dan preposition.
Cara Menggunakan But dalam Kalimat
Dalam Macmillan Dictionary, dijelaskan but dapat berfungsi sebagai tiga jenis part of speech.
- conjunction – kata penghubung, menghubungkan dua frasa atau klausa
- preposition – kata depan, diikuti oleh kata benda (noun)
- adverb – kata keterangan
But dapat digunakan dengan 5 cara berikut ini di dalam kalimat.
1. Menggabungkan dua gagasan, di mana pernyataan kedua berkebalikan atau berbeda dengan pernyataan pertama.
- She objected at first, but finally submitted.
- It is a beautiful day, but yesterday it was cold.
2. Digunakan setelah expressions seperti I’m sorry atau Excuse me untuk membuat pertanyaan, permintaan, atau pernyataan secara sopan.
- Excuse me, but may I use your telephone?
- I’m sorry, but can you tell which way to the ATM?
3. Digunakan untuk menggantikan kata only.
- If they had but given me a chance, I know I could have done it.
- This new product offers many advantages: speed, convenience, and durability, to name but a few.
4. Digunakan untuk mengekspresikan rasa terkejut, tidak setuju, atau merasa terganggu.
- But you promised not to leave without me.
- ‘I’ve decided to move.’ ‘But why?’
5. Digunakan untuk menyebut pengecualian terhadap suatu pernyataan.
- I always wake up at 5.30 AM, but it is Sunday.
- We all can go together but him.
Sinonim But
| Conjunction | |||
| yet | still | all the same | although |
| nevertheless | notwithstanding | just the same | still and all |
| nonetheless | despite that | at the same time | withal |
| even so | in spite of that | be that as it may | natheless |
| however | for all that | though | howbeit |
| (do) other than | otherwise than | except |
| Preposition | |||
| except (for) | aside from | barring | leaving out |
| apart from | with the exception of | omitting | save (for) |
| other than | short of | excepting | saving |
| besides | bar | excluding | outside of |
| Adverb | |||
| only | simply | no more than | a mere |
| just | merely | nothing but | nobbut |