GUNADARMA

Dependent clause adjective clause is modifying or changing the noun. Precisely describe, introduce, or give more information about a noun (noun). And some of the terms you need to know its meaning is:

Clause is a group of words containing a subject and verb.

Independent clause is a complete sentence. Independent clausemengandung main subject and verb of a sentence. Independent clause is also referred to as the main clause (main clause).

Dependent clause is not a complete sentence and can not stand sendiri.Dependent clause (clause) must be connected with the Independent clause (main clause).

Examples of Adjective Clause

Examples of Adjective clause in Complex sentence (complex sentence):

"The movie that we saw last night was not very good".

Description:

the movie = Noun (kata benda).

That = Relative Pronoun.

that we saw = Adjective Clause yang menjelaskan the movie.

Contoh Adjective clause dengan mengguanakan Relative Pronoun bisa dilihat pada tabel berikut:

Relative Pronoun             Contoh Kalimat Keterangan

Who      I thanked the woman whohelped me.

(Artinya: Saya berterima kasih kepada wanita yang menolong saya)         Adjective Clause: who helped me(menerangkan kata benda “woman”)

Whom  The man whom I saw was Mr. Erick.

(Artinya: Pria yang saya lihat adalah tuan Erick)   Adjective Clause: whom I saw(menerangkan kata benda “The man”)

Whose  I know the man whosebicycle was stolen.

(Artinya: Saya kenal dengan pria yang sepedanya dicuri)               Adjective Clause: whose bicycle was stolen (menerangkan kata benda “The man” yang berfungsi sebagaiSubject)

Which   The cats which eat fish are very cute.

(Artinya: Kucing-kucing yang memakan ikan itu sangat lucu)        Adjective Clause: which eat fish are very cute (menerangkan kata benda “The cats” yang berfungsi sebagaiSubject)

Where  The building where he lives is very old.

(Artinya: Bangunan dimana dia tinggal sangatlah tua)      Adjective Clause: where he lives is very old (menerangkan kata benda “The building”)

When    I’ll never forget the daywhen I met you.

(Artinya: Saya tidak akan pernah melupakan hari ketika saya bertemu dengan kamu)      Adjective Clause: when I met you(menerangkan kata benda “The day” yang berfungsi sebagai object)

That       This is the house that I have showed to my mother.

(Artinya: Ini adalah rumah yang telah saya tunjukkan kepada ibu saya.)  Adjective Clause: that I have showed to my mother(menerangkan kata benda “The house”)

Contoh Adjective clauses dengan subordinate conjunctions: “where” dan “when”

Adjective Clause dengan menggunakan “where”

The building is very old.

He lives in that building (there).

1. The building where he lives is very old.

2. The building in which he lives is very old.

3. The building which he lives in is very old.

(Artinya: Bangunan dimana dia tinggal sangat tua)            Where digunakan pada adjective clause untuk merubah tempat (negara, kota, ruangan, rumah, dll).

Jika Where digunakan, prepositiontidak digunakan dalam adjective clause (contoh 1). Tetapi jika where tidak digunakan, Relative Pronoun dan preposition harus digunakan (contoh 2 & 3).

Adjective Clause dengan menggunakan “when”

I’ll never forget the day.

I met you (on that day).

I’ll never forget the day when I met you.

I’ll never forget the day that I met you.

(Artinya: Saya tidak akan pernah melupakan hari ketika saya bertemu dengan kamu)      When digunakan pada adjective clauseuntuk merubah kata benda dari waktu (tahun, hari, waktu, dll).

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