adjective clause

adjective clause

Adjective clause adalah klausa yang berfungsi sebagai adjektiva. Seperti telah kita ketahui, adjektiva adalah kata yang menerangkan nomina. Jadi, adjective clause juga berfungsi demikian, yaitu memberi keterangan pada nomina.

Adjective clause adalah tanggungan klausul yang memodifikasi sebuah kata benda. Hal ini dimungkinkan untuk menggabungkan dua kalimat berikut untuk membentuk satu kalimat yang berisi Adjective clause

* The children are going to visit the museum.
* They are on the bus.

The children who are on the bus are going to visit the museum.
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Dalam kalimat di atas, ada dua cara lain untuk menulis kalimat dengan benar menggunakan kalimat kedua sebagai Adjective clause :

* The children that are on the bus are going to visit the museum.
* The children on the bus are going to visit the museum.

Beberapa kalimat lain dapat dikombinasikan menjadi kalimat dengan menggunakan Adjective clause dalam berbagai cara, dan mereka semua benar. Perhatikan berbagai cara di mana dua kalimat berikut dapat dikombinasikan.

* The church is old.
* My grandparents were married there.

The church where my grandparents were married is old.
The church in which my grandparents were married is old.
The church which my grandparents were married in is old.
The church that my grandparents were married in is old.
The church my grandparents were married in is old.

Dalam kalimat di atas, Adjective clause digarisbawahi. Semua jawaban yang benar. Perhatikan penggunaan kata “in” dan bagaimana dan di mana ia digunakan.Adjective clause dimulai dengan relative pronoun atau relative adverb.

Berikut ini beberapa contoh adjective clause:

Adjective clause dengan relative pronoun
Contoh:

* The man who is sitting over there is my father.
* The book which you bought yesterday is very interesting.
* This is the place that I visited some years ago.
* Mr. Bambang whose son is my friend is presenting a paper in a seminar.

Adjective clause dengan relative adverb
Contoh:

* This is the reason why she did it.
* The time when the plane takes off and lands will be changed soon.
* Palembang is the place where I was born.

Dalam contoh-contoh di atas bisa kita lihat bahwa adjective clause tersebut menerangkan nomina yang ada di depannya (antecedent).
Misalnya:

* Adjective clause who is sitting over there menerangkan nomina the man.
* Adjective clause why she did it menerangkan nomina the reason.