Bentuk umum: Noun + Adjective Clause
Pembahasan pada Adjective Clause terfokus pada jenis-jenis Conjuction atau kata sambung yang digunakan, sehingga penamaan adjective clause juga mengikuti nama-nama conjunction yang digunakan, yaitu :
1. Relative Pronoun
...a. Relative Pronoun as Subject (RPS) : who, that, which
...b. Relative Pronoun as Object (RPO) : who(m), that, which
...c. Relative Pronoun as Possessive (RPP)
2. Relative Quantity and Quality (RQQ)
3. Relative Adverb
...a. Relative Adverb of Time (RAT): when
...b. Relative Adverb of Place (RAP): where
...c. Realtive Adver of Reason (RAR): why
PEMBAHASAN
A. Jenis-jenis Adjective Clause berdasarkan conjuction yang digunakan
A1. Relative Pronoun
......Relative Pronoun yang digunakan meliputi katagati subjek reatif, kataganti objek relatif dan kata ganti kempemilikan relatif.
A1.a. Relative Pronoun as Subject (RPS): Conjunction (relative pronoun) langsung difungsikan sebagai Subject:
Who : digunakan untuk person
That : digunakan untuk person atau non person
Which : digunakan untuk non person
Contoh
1)Kalimat I : The man is standing in front of the class.
...Kalimat II : The man is a teacher.
...I dan II : The man who/that is standing in front of the class is a teacher.
2)Kalimat I : The man has been arrested.
...Kalimat II : The man robbed you last night.
...I dan II : The man who/that robbed you last night has been arrested.
3)Kalimat I : The stairs are rather slippery.
...Kalimat II : The stairs leads to the cellar.
...I dan II : The stairs which leads to the cellar are rather slippery.
4)Kalimat I : I bought the bird yesterday.
...Kalimat II : The bird attracted me.
...I dan II : I bought the bird which/that attracted me yesterday.
A1.b. Relative Pronoun as Object (RPO)
Relative Pronoun pronoun yang digunakan sebagai Conjunction langsung berfungsi sebagai Object, baik object of verb maupun object of preposition. Conjuction yang digunakan adalah :
who/whom: untuk person
that : untuk person/non person
which : untuk non person
A1.b.1. Sebagai object of verb (RPO of Verb)
Pola umum: Noun + Conj + S + Vt
Contoh
1)Kalimat I : The man told me to come back tomorrow
...Kalimat II : I saw the man yesterday
...Kalimat I dan II : The man whom/that I saw yesterday told me to come back tomorrow
2)Kalimat I : He is riding a motorcycle.
...Kalimat II : He bought a motorcycle yesterday.
...Kalimat I & II : He is riding the motorcycle which/that he bought yesterday.
A1.b.2. Sebagai object of preposisition (RPO of Prep)
Pola: Noun + Prep + Conj, RPO (Who/whom/that/which) + S + V atau Noun + Conj, RPO (Who/whom/that/which) + S + V + Prep
Contoh :
1)Kalimat I : I met the man.
...Kalimat II : You were talking about that man yesterday.
...Kalimat I dan II : I met the man about whom/that you were talking. (atau)
...I met the man whom you were talking about.
2)Kalimat I : I talked to a girl yesterday.
...Kalimat II : She is my sister.
...Kalimat I dan II : The girl whom I talk to yesterday is my sister.
...The girl to whom/that I talked to yesterday is my sister.
3)Kalimat I : The man speaks English.
...Kalimat II : I was travelling with him last week.
...Kalimat I dan II : The man with whom/that I was travelling last week speeks English. atau
...The man whom/that I was travelling with last week speeks English.
Catatan : Apabila terdapat bound preposisi preposisi terikat pada verb (Phrasal Verb) maka preposisi tidak bisa dipisah karena akan membentuk makna yang berbeda.
Contoh :
...The key which I am looking for is big and red.
...T
...He has badly written the address that/which I can’t make out.
...
A1.c. Relative Pronoun as Possessive (RPP)
Conjunction digunakan sebagai pengganti possessive adjective atau possessive propernoun. Whose/of which
A1.c.1. Sebagai Subject
Pola Umum: Noun + whose + noun + V atau
Noun, noun of whom/which + V atau
1) I saw a girl. Her beauty took my breath a way
...I saw a girl whose beauty took my breath away.
...I saw a girl, the beauty of whom took my breath away.
...Pola diatas dapat digantikan dengan menggunakan “of phrase” yang memberikan karakter pada head-nya.
...I saw a girl of her beauty took my breath away.
2) I talked to a man. His jacket was black.
...I talked to a man whose jacket was black.
...I talked to a man, the jacket of whom was black.
A1.c.2. Sebagai Object
Pola Umum: Noun + whose/of which + noun + S + Vt atau
Noun, noun of whom/which + S + Vt atau
Pola alternative
Noun, of whom/which + S + Vt + noun atau
Noun + that + S + Vt + noun + of + (noun/pronoun object)
Contoh :
1) He has written a book. I have forgotten the book’s name (its name)
...He has written a book whose/of which name I have forgotten.
...He has written a book of which I have forgotten (the name)
...He has written a book, the name of which /whom I have forgotten.
...He has written a book that I have forgotten the name of (it)…..”it” di-omit
2) He has married to a singer. you may have heard her songs
...He has married to a singer whose songs you may have heard.
...He has married to a singer, the song of whom you may have heard.
...He has married to a singer that you may have heard the song. of (her).
...He has married to a singer of whom you may have heard (the songs).
