In front of ni mbele ya kitu au mtu, karibu na upande wake wa mbele: in front of a building, in front of a person, in front of a screen. Pia ni mahali wengine wanaweza kuona au kusikia: speak in front of the class, argue in front of the kids.
Unataka kutumia in front of katika mazungumzo?
Tunga sentensi; tutaonyesha makosa na kupendekeza namna ya kusema inayofaa zaidi.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
in front of + place/person; in front of + people (= where they can see); opposite + place (= across the street)
- The kids were playing football in front of our building all afternoon.
- Please don't argue about money in front of the children.
- There was a long queue in front of me at passport control.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaI parked my car before the hotel entrance.
Baada ya marekebishoI parked my car in front of the hotel entrance.
Before inaweza kuonekana inafaa, lakini katika matumizi ya kawaida mara nyingi huhusu muda: before lunch. Kwa nafasi inayokusudiwa hapa, tumia in front of: in front of the entrance.
In front of huonyesha kitu kiko mbele ya kingine: The taxi is waiting in front of the hotel. Haielezi yenyewe kama vitu viko upande mmoja wa barabara. Ikiwa majengo yako ng'ambo na yanakabiliana, opposite hutoa uhusiano huo kwa usahihi zaidi: The pharmacy is opposite the bank.
Zamu yako
The pharmacy is on the other side of the street, directly ___ the bank.
Onyesha jibu
opposite — Duka la dawa liko ng'ambo ya barabara likikabiliana na benki, kwa hiyo opposite ni sahihi. In front of ingeweka uzito kwenye nafasi ya mbele ya benki, bila kueleza kukabiliana ng'ambo kwa uwazi uleule.
Fikiria wakati ulipozungumza mbele ya watu kazini, shuleni au shereheni. Andika walikuwa nani na ulijisikiaje, ukitumia in front of.
Last year I gave a presentation in front of forty colleagues and felt so nervous that my hands were shaking.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.