pengertian adjective clause

Adjective Clause
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Adjective Clause dinamakan juga RELATIVE CLAUSE yaitu Clause (anak kalimat) yang berfungsi sebagai adjective yang menerangkan noun atau pronoun. Untuk lebih jelasnya penjelasan mengenai Adjective Clause, perhatikan penjelasan dibawah ini :

Contoh:
• I have read the book (that) you just mentioned.

Main Clause: I have read the book.
Subordinate Clause: (that) you just mentioned.
Anak kalimat menerangkan kata benda the book, disebut dengan Adjective Clause
• The lesson (that) she is learning is very difficult.

Main Clause: The lesson is very difficult.
Subordinate Clause: (that) she is learning.
Berdasarkan pada the Antecedent yang ditunjuk oleh introductory words (kata-kata pendahulunya), Adjective Clause dapat diklasifikasikan menjadi 2 macam, yaitu:

1. Relative Pronoun
• Kata Ganti Orang

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan adalah : Who, Whom, Whose, That

Fungsi :

a. Subjek:
- he paid the money to the man who / that had done the work


b. Objek Kata Kerja:

- He paid the man whom/that he had hired.

c. Objek Kata Depan:

- He paid the man from whom he had borrowed the money.

d. Kata Ganti Kepunyaan:

- This is the girl whose picture you saw.
• Benda , binatang

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan adalah: Which, that

Fungsi:

a. Subjek:

- Here is a book which/that describes animals.

b. Objek Kata Kerja:

- The chair which/that he broke is being repaired.

c. Objek Kata Depan:

- She was wearing the coat for which she had paid $2,00.
2. Relative Adverbs
• Waktu

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan: when

- This is the year when the Olympic Games are held.
• Tempat

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan: where

- Here is the house where I live.
• Alasan

Kata Penghubung yang digunakan: when

- Give me one good reason why you did that.
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