NOUN CLAUSSE

Definisi Noun Clause

Noun  clause adalah klausa yang berfungsi sebagai kata benda. Karena fungsinya sebagai kata benda, maka klausa nomina dapat menempati posisi sebagai berikut :

     1.Subject of the sentence (subject of a sentence)

     2.Object of transitive verbs (object of a transitive verb)

     3.Object of a preposition (object of a preposition)

     4.Complement (complement)

     5.Giving additional information (noun in apposition)

Klausa kata benda ini dapat berfungsi sebagai subject maupun object didalam suatu clause atau phrase lain. Karena berfungsi sebagai kata benda, maka dapat digantikan dengan pronoun “it“.

Contoh:

1.       I forgot the fact. (noun)

2.       I forgot it. (pronoun)

3.       I forgot that the fact was very important. (noun clause)

Rumus Noun Clause

Noun clause dapat diawali oleh noun clause markers berupa question word,
 if atau whether, dan that.
Adapun contoh noun clause pada clause lain beserta detail marker-nya dapat dilihat pada tabel sebagai berikut.

Marker Detail Contoh Noun Clause dalam Kalimat

Question Word Question word:

what(ever), what (time, kind, day, etc),

who(ever),

whose,

whom(ever),

which(ever),

where(ever),

when(ever),

how (long, far, many times, old, etc) The class listened carefully what the teacher instructed.

The kitten followed wherever the woman went.

Many people imagine how many time the man was failed before success.

if atau whether biasanya digunakan untuk kalimat jawaban dari pertanyaan yes-no question Where does Andy live?

I wonder if he lives in West Jakarta.

Is Andy live on Dewi Sartika Street?

I don’t know if he live on Dewi Sartika Street or not.

atau

I don’t know whether or not he lives on Dewi Sartika street.

that biasanya that-clause untuk mental activity. Berikut daftar verb pada main clause yang biasanya diikuti that-clause:assume, believe, discover, dream, guess, hear, hope, know, learn, notice, predict, prove, realize, suppose, suspect, think I think that the group will arrive in an hour.

Many people proved that the man was a big liar.

Fungsi Noun Clause

Berikut adalah contoh kalimat dari setiap fungsi noun clause.

ü  Fungsi  Subject of a Verb
Contoh Noun Clause dalam Kalimat

·         What she cooked was delicious.

·         That today is his birthday is not right.

ü  Fungsi  Subject complement
Contoh Noun Clause dalam Kalimat

·         The fact is that she is smart and dilligent.

·         A teacher must be whoever is patient.

ü  Fungsi  Object of a Verb
Contoh Noun Clause dalam Kalimat

·         Diana believes that her life will be happier.

·         I want to know how Einstein thought.

ü  Fungsi Object of a preposition

Contoh Noun Clause dalam Kalimat

·         The girl comes from where many people there live in poverty.

·         He will attend the party with whichever fits to his body.