Menanyakan dan Menunjukkan Arah
dalam Bahasa Inggris

Hi EFriends, pernahkah kamu menanyakan arah ketika kamu sedang berlibur atau sebaliknya kamu. Kamu memberikan arah ketika ada seseorang yang menanyakan arah?
Nah, bagaimana cara kamu menanyakan arah (asking for direction) dan memberikan arah (giving direction) dalam bahasa Inggris?
Nah, bagaimana cara kamu menanyakan arah (asking for direction) dan memberikan arah (giving direction) dalam bahasa Inggris?
Beberapa frasa berikut bisa kamu gunakan untuk menunjukkan arah
- Near (Dekat)
- Behind (Di belakang)
- Beside (Di samping)
- Next to (Di samping)
- Turn Right (Belok ke kanan)
- Turn Left (Belok ke kiri)
- In front of (Di depan)
- Go straight (Jalan lurus)
- Between (Di antara 2 benda)
- Among (Di antara lebih dari 2 benda)
- Across (Di seberang)
- Go past (Melewati)
- Opposite (Berlawanan)
- Intersection (Perempatan)
- T-Junction (Pertigaan)
- On the corner of (Di pojok)
Ketika kamu ingin menanyakan arah (asking for direction) suatu tempat, kamu dapat menggunakan kalimat berikut:
Contoh kalimat asking for direction
- Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest Cinema? (Permisi, apakah kamu bisa menunjukkan jalan ke bioskop terdekat?)
- Where is the Nara Park? (Ada di mana Taman Nara?)
- Can you tell me how to get to train station from here? (Bisakah kamu menunjukkan cara ke stasiun kereta dari sini?)
- I am trying to find a Mitra Hospital. Could you tell me how to get there? (Aku sedang mencari Rumah Sakit Mitra. Bisakah kamu memberitahuku cara ke sana?)
- Is this the right way for the mall? (Apakah ini jalan yang benar untuk menuju ke mall?)
- Is there a mosque around here? (Apakah ada masjid di sekitar sini?)
Nah, bagaimana jika ada yang menanyakan arah kepada kamu? Bagaimana kamu memberikan arah (giving direction) dalam bahasa Inggris? Beberapa contoh kalimat berikut dapat kamu gunakan.
Contoh kalimat giving direction
- Go straight along this road and you’ll find the bank next to Mangia restaurant. (Jalan lurus sepanjang jalan ini dan kamu akan melihat bank di samping restoran Mangia)
- Just turn the right and you’ll find the mosque. It’s near the park. (Belok ke kanan dan kamu akan melihat masjid. Lokasi masjid dekat dengan taman)
- You’re going in the wrong direction. (Kamu berada di jalan yang salah)
- Go straight until you pass a bakery on your left. (Jalan lurus sampai kamu menemukan toko roti di sebelah kiri)
- Turn left at the intersection and it is across the post office. (Belok ke kiri di perempatan dan tempatnya di seberang kantor pos)
Agar kamu lebih memahami materi asking and giving direction, perhatikan baik-baik contoh percakapan mengenai asking for direction dan giving direction di bawah ini yaa
Dialog 1
Marry : Excuse me, I am looking for Magnolia bakery. Could you show me the way?
Ryan : Sure. Go straight along this street until you see traffic light. After you see traffic light, continue straight for about 200 meters. You’ll see Magnolia bakery on the corner of the street.
Marry : Thank you so much for your help
Ryan : You’re welcome.
Ryan : Sure. Go straight along this street until you see traffic light. After you see traffic light, continue straight for about 200 meters. You’ll see Magnolia bakery on the corner of the street.
Marry : Thank you so much for your help
Ryan : You’re welcome.
Dialog 2
Nicky : Hi, I think I am lost. Is this the right way to Nara park?
Billy : Oh, you’re going the wrong direction
Nicky : Really? How do I get there then?
Billy : Do you see the Italian restaurant over there?
Nicky : Yes, I see it
Billy : The Nara park is behind the restaurant, next to the police station
Nicky : Great, thank you for your help
Billy : You’re welcome. Take care
Study this following information
about Prepositions of Places.
Billy : Oh, you’re going the wrong direction
Nicky : Really? How do I get there then?
Billy : Do you see the Italian restaurant over there?
Nicky : Yes, I see it
Billy : The Nara park is behind the restaurant, next to the police station
Nicky : Great, thank you for your help
Billy : You’re welcome. Take care
Language
Feature of Asking and Giving Direction
Study this following information about Modal Auxiliaries.
Types and Functions
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Examples
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To show ability
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You can buy anything with your money but you can’t
buy love.
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To ask permission
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Can I ask you how to go there?
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To show ability in the past.
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You could run faster than me two years ago.
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To ask permission in the past, present or
future with better politeness.
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Could you tell me
where the place is?
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May
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To show possibility that might happen now
or in the future.
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He may work out and consume healthy food every day.
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You may got through this junction after the
accident’s trace is cleared.
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To ask permission in formal way.
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May I go home now?
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Might
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To show possibility that could be happened in the past.
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He might be an engineer if
he didn’t drop out from college.
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To ask permission in formal and polite way
with less possibility than can or
could.
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Might I know where
the Paramount Hotel is?
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Will
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To tell someone’s willingness about
something.
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I will help you if you help yourself first.
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To ask someone’s willingness in doing
something.
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Will you help me
to find the way to the cinema?
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Would
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To tell someone’s willingness about
something in the past or present in polite
manner.
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Lana said that she would
buy that book yesterday.
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To tell someone’s willingness about
something in the past or present in polite
manner.
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Would you please
tell me where the bank is?
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Preposition of Place
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At
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At
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How to use it
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Pointed/Specific
Places
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Standard/Daily
Expression
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At the bank
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At university
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At gas station
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At school
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At the bus stop
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At home
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For example:
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Preposition of Place
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On
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On
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How to use it
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On the surface of something (vertically
or horizontally)
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Standard/Daily
Expression
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On the corner
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On the way
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On your left
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On the internet
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On the T-Junction
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On a bus
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For example
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Preposition of Place
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In
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In
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In
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How to use it
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Inside of Something
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Standard/Daily
Expression
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Wide Area (City, Country, Natural Area,
etc.)
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In a box
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In the newspaper
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In Indonesia
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In the mall
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In a car
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In the sea
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In the alley
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In a row
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In the garden
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For example
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Imperative Sentence
a.
Walk two blocks west!
b.
Turn right!
c.
Drive south for two
kilometers, then follow the signs to mount Merapi!
d.
Stop at the third house!
e.
Look for a store that
sells bicycle!
We might add “you”: you walk two blocks west, and then you turn
right!
Examples
a.
The pet store is
beside/next to the shop.
b.
The movie theater is
between the post office and the coffee shop
c.
A parking lot is
adjacent to the bank.
CONCLUSION
Asking direction means a conversation that we always use when we
want to ask someone where we are or where is the place that we want
to go. Asking for directions is important, but it's also easy to become
confused when listening to someone giving directions. This is true even in your
own native language, so you can imagine how important it is to pay careful
attention when listening to someone provide directions in English.