ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

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·         Pengertian

Clausa adalah kumpulan kata yang mengandung subject dan verb. Independent clausa adalah kalimat sempurna yang mengandung inti subject dan verb. Dependent clausa adalah kalimat yang tidak sempurna yang harus deihubungkan dengan independent clause.

·         What is adjective clause?

Adjective clause is anak kalimat yang berfungsi sebagai adjective yang menjelaskan noun. Macam-macamnya:

1.      RPS (Relative Pronoun as Subject)
Conjunction :
a. Who        : Subject Orang
b. Which    : Noun Benda
c. That       : Untuk Subj orang atau Benda
Example :
I thanked the woman
She helped me

à I thanked the woman who helped me.

A.C

The book is mine
It  is one the table

à The book which is on the table is mine

                                    A.C

2.      RPO (relative Pronoun as Object)

Conjunction :
a. Whom    : Object orang
b. Which    : Object benda.
c. That        : Untuk Objek orang atau benda
Example :
The woman is my mom
I helped her

à The woman whom I helped is my mom.

A.C

The book is good
I read it.

à The book which I read is good.

                        A.C

 

3.      RPOP (Relative Pronoun as Object of Preposition)
Conjunction :
a. Whom    : Object orang
b. Which    : Object Benda
c. That        : Untuk Objek orang atau benda
Example:
The woman is actress
I always talk about her

à The woman whom I always talk about is actress.

                                    A.C

4.      RPP (Relative Pronoun as Possessive)
Conjunction  :
a. Whose                : Kepemilikan orang
b. Of which            : Kepemilikan benda
Example :
The boy is my brother.
His cycle was lost yesterday.

à The boy whose cycle was lost yesterday is my brother.

                                    A.C

 

5.      RA (Relative as  Adverb)
Relative as Adverb is divided to be four kinds :
RA of Place
Conjunction :
a. where
b. in which
c. which...in.
Example : I study in school where my brother studied

                                                            A.C

•       RA of time
conj : when, on which.
Example : I met him on Monday when he went to school

                                                                        A.C

•       RA of reason
conj : why

Example : I do not know the reason why he left me

                                                            A.C

•       RA of manner.

conj : how

Example :I want to know the way how you become successful people

                                                                                    A.C

1.      RQ (Relative of Quantity)

An adjective clause may contain an expression of quantity with of : some of, many of, most of, both of, etc.

Conj : whom, which, whose.
Example :

I have two sisters

Both of them are going to Korea

à I have two sisters, both of whom are going to Korea

                                                            A.C

Ø  Changing adjective clause to be adjective phrase.

We can change adjective clause to be adjective phrase by reducing.

There are two kinds of reducing.

-          If the sentence has ‘to be’ auxiliary, lose the conjunction and to be auxiliary.

Example :

Ø  The woman who was standing in front of me is my sister

A.C

v  The woman standing in front of me is my sister

-          If the sentence has verb ordinary, lose the conjunction and change verb to be present participle.

Ø  The woman who helped me last night is my friend

A.C

v  The woman helping me last night is my friend

 

Summary

            Adjective clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun and it comes after the noun.

The conjunction is who, which, whom, that, where, why, how, when, etc.

Adjective clause has some kinds, they are :

•       RPS (Relative Pronoun as Subject), conj : who, which, that

•       RPO (Relative Pronoun as Object), conj : whom, which, that

•       RPOP (Relative Pronoun as Object of Preposition), conj : whom, which, that

•       RPP (Relative Pronoun as Possesive), conj : whose, of which

•       RA (Relative as  Adverb), conj : where, when, why, how.

•       RQ (Relative of Quantity), conj : which, whom, whose.

Every kind of adjective clause has its conjunction and that conjunction will be followed  by sentence.

For example :

Susilo bambang Yudhoyono, who is president of Indonesia visited Kelud victims

                                                      Adj. Clause