ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
Adjective clause termasuk klausa yang tidak dapat berdiri sendiri subordinate or dependent
clause sehingga harus dihubungkan dengan main atau independent clause nya, dan memiliki
subject dan kata kerja verb
Seperti fungsi Adjective, maka adjective clause juga menerangkan atau mensifati kata benda
noun nya.
Adjective Clause dapat diklasifikasikan menjadi 2 macam, yaitu:
1. Relative Pronoun
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.
Adjective clauses, biasanya diawali dengan:
relative pronoun seperti: who, whom, whose, which, that
or relative adverb seperti: when or where
Perhatikan contoh penggunaan ‘Adjective clause’ dalam kalimat berikut ini:
Clause
Marker
Use for Example
Who People
(subject)
The tribes who lived in the Great Plains used smoke
signals.
Whom People
(object)
The woman whom we met was called Lightning
Cloud.
Whose People/Things
(possessive)
He sent a message whose meaning we had agreed
upon in advance.
Which Things
(Subject/Object)
That is a tribe which interests me. (subject)
The drumbeats which we heard sent a message,
(object)
That People/Things The Apache is a tribe that I will research, (object)
(Subject/Object) The smoke that you see is from the hills, (subject)
Where Place (Adverb) That is the valley where the tribe lived.
when Time (Adverb) That is the day when we get the signal.
