for: purpose & duration

for: tujuan & durasi

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

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

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for

🎁 for Ibu

This gift is for Ibu.

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

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

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

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

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.