1) sebagai adverb
2) sebagai determiner dan pronoun dan
3) sebagai preposition
Sebagai Adverb
Dalam kalimat kata less sebagai adverb memberikan penjelasan kepada kata kerja dan kata sifat:
- If you stay there, you will worry less. [Jika kamu tinggal disana, kamu akan lebih sedikit khawatir.]
- This coat is less expensive in my country. [Mantel ini tidak begitu mahal di Negara saya.]
- How is your headache? Is it still aching? – Yes but I think it’s aching less. [Bagaimana sakit kepala mu? Apakah masih sakit? – Ya tapi saya rasa sudah berkurang.]
Posisi kata less di sini di depan kata benda yang dijelaskan:
- You must eat less sugar from now on. [Kamu harus makan lebih sedikit gula.]
- You will get less if you have no membership card. [Kamu akan mendapatkan lebih sedikit jika kamu tidak mempunyai kartu anggota.]
- There is less pollution in Bandar Lampung. [Lebih sedikit polusi di Bandar Lampung.]
Biasanya digunakan sehubungan dengan uang, persentase dan biaya-biaya lain. Less di sini artinya dikurangi atau kurang:
- You will receive US$1,000 less 10% income tax. [Kamu akan menerima US$1,000 dikurangi pajak penghasilan 10%]
- It’s 1,600,000 IDR less tax and insurance. [Rp.1.600.000 dikurangi pajak dan asuransi).
John
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Hi, Joko. You will get your fee
today.
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Joko
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Oh, great. Thank you. Can you tell
me how much I’ll get, please?
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John
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That will be US$500 less 5%
administrative charge.
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Sylvia
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Excuse me. How much is the ticket
to Solo?
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Aprino
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Depends on the type of bus you
will go by. If you go by Kramat Jati, the ticket is 250,000 IDR. However, I
suggest you go by Prabu Gada. That’s less expensive than Kramat Jati.
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Sylvia
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Why is it less expensive than Kramat
Jati?
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Aprino
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Prabu Gada has no Wifi Connection
and electricity socket for your phone.
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Sylvia
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I see.
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