for: tujuan & durasi

for: purpose & duration

for = label hadiah (tujuan) atau stopwatch (berapa lama).

for = a gift tag (purpose) or a stopwatch (how long).

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Tekan Putar, atau ketuk untuk mencoba sendiri.

for

🎁 for Ibu

This gift is for Ibu.

for + orang atau tujuan = label hadiah. for + a person or purpose = a gift tag.

for
Tujuan atau manfaat (+ kata benda) Purpose or benefit (+ noun)

a gift for you, for breakfast, money for the bus hadiah untukmu, untuk sarapan, uang untuk bus
for
Berapa lama sesuatu berlangsung How long something lasts

for two hours, for three years, for a week selama dua jam, selama tiga tahun, selama seminggu
to
for + benda vs to + kata kerja (tujuan) for + noun vs to + verb (purpose)

I came for the food. I came to eat. Saya datang untuk makanannya. Saya datang untuk makan.

🇮🇩 untuk / selama
- for for you (purpose)
- for for two hours (duration)
'untuk' dan 'selama' dua-duanya jadi 'for'. Tapi 'untuk + kata kerja' → 'to + verb'.

✗ I came for see you.

✓ I came to see you.

Tujuan + kata kerja → to + verb.
✗ I have lived here since three years.

✓ I have lived here for three years.

Lama waktu → for; titik mulai → since.
✗ This is to you. (a gift)

✓ This is for you.

Hadiah/tujuan → for.
✗ I studied English for I was ten.

✓ I studied English since I was ten.

Titik mulai → since, bukan for.
✗ Thank you to your help.

✓ Thank you for your help.

thank you + for.