Relative Clause adalah bagian dari kalimat (anak kalimat) yang memberi keterangan pada orang atau benda yang mendahuluinya.
Istilah Relative Clause sama dengan Adjective Clause. Disebut Adjective Clause karena dia menerangkan benda atau orang yang mendahuluinya. Disebut Relative Clause karena dia menghubungkan (me-relate) benda atau orang tersebut dengan frasa di belakangnya. Relative Clause diawali dengan kata penghubung who, whom, whose, which, that.
1. Which
- Dipakai sebagai pengganti subject bila subject tersebut berupa binatang atau benda (noun)
Example:
a. Bali is Paradise Island
b. It has a lot of historical temples
Bali which has a lot of historical temples is Paradise Island
a. The animal is a dog
b. It hunted my brother last night
The animal which hunted my brother last night is a dog
a. This book is very beatiful
b. It is very expensive
This book which is very expensive is very beatiful
- Dipakai sebagai pengganti objek bila objek tersebut berupa binatang atau benda
Example:
a. This is the book
b. I bought it yesterday
This is the book which I bought yesterday
a. Here is my car
b. You can borrow it now
Here is my car which you can borrow now
2. Who
- Dipakai sebagai pengganti subject bila subject tersebut berupa orang
Example:
a. My brother is a police man
b. He lives in Bandung
My brothes who lives in Bandung is a police man
a. The man is a teacher
b. He teaches the lesson patiently
The man who teaches the lesson patienly is a teacher
3. That
- Digunakan sebagai kata ganti benda atau kadang-kadang orang untuk menerangkan subject/object
Example:
a. The man came here last night
b. He will buy this house
The man that will buy this house came here last night
a. Borobudur is an historical temple
b. It was bombed years ago
Borobudur that was bombed years ago is an historical temple
4. Whom
- Dipakai sebagai pengganti object bila object tersebut berupa orang
Example:
a. The man is Nizar
b. I invited him yesterday
The man whom I invited yesterday is Nizar
a. The boy is Amir
b. We gave him money yesterday
The boy whom we gave money yesterday is Amir
5. Whose
- Dipakai sebagai pengganti milik untuk orang
Example:
a. The man is Mr. Rudi
b. We visited his daughter two days ago
The man whose doughter we visited two days ago is Mr. Rudi
Note: relative clause yang menggunakan who/that/which dapat dihilangkan apabila menjadi object. Example:
The woman who I wanted to see was away, or
Teh woman I wanted to see was away
Have you found the key that you lost?, or
Have you found the key you lost?
Relative adverb
Relative adverb biasa digunakan sebagai ganti relative pronoun yang juga berfungsi untuk memberikan pemahaman terhadap kalimat. Diantara relative adverb adalah:
a. When
Example:
- How can I forget the day when he went away?
b. Where
Example:
- Do you still remember the place where I met her the first time?
c. Why
Example:
- Give me one good reason why you did that
sumber:
http://warungbelajarbebas.blogspot.com/2012/06/relative-clauses.html
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