Pengertian noun clause

Noun clause adalah klausa yang berfungsi sebagai nomina. Karena fungsinya sebagai nomina, maka noun clause dapat menduduki posisi-posisi berikut:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Subjek kalimat (subject of a sentence) Objek verba transitif (object of a transitive verb) Objek preposisi (object of a preposition) Pelengkap (complement) Pemberi keterangan tambahan (noun in apposition)

Untuk lebih jelasnya, perhatikanlah contoh-contoh di bawah ini!

Noun clause sebagai subjek kalimat

Contoh: What you said doesnt convince me at all. How he becomes so rich makes people curious. What the salesman has said is untrue. That the world is round is a fact.

Noun clause sebagai objek verba transitif

Contoh: I know what you mean. I dont understand what he is talking about. He said that his son would study in Australia. Verba yang dapat diikuti noun clause dalam hal ini that-clause antara lain adalah: admit : mengakui realize : menyadari announce : mengumumkan recommend : menganjurkan

believe : percaya remember : ingat deny : menyangkal reveal : menyatakan, mengungkapkan expect : mengharapkan say : mengatakan find : menemukan see : melihat forget : lupa stipulate : menetapkan hear : mendengar suggest : menganjurkan inform : memberitahukan suppose : mengira know : tahu, mengetahui think : pikir, berpendapat promise : berjanji understand : mengerti propose : mengusulkan wish : ingin, berharap

Noun clause sebagai objek preposisi

Contoh: Please listen to what your teacher is saying.

Budi pays full attention to how the native speaker is pronouncing the English word. Be careful of what youre doing.

Noun clause sebagai pelegkap

Contoh: The good news is that the culprit has been put into the jail. This is what I want. That is what you need.

Noun clause sebagai noun in apposition

Contoh: The idea that people can live without oxygen is unreasonable. The fact that Rudi always comes late doesnt surprise me.