Pengertian Direct Speech

Direct Speech (percakapan langsung) adalah bentuk percakapan yang mengarahkan

untuk meniru kata-kata atau suatu kalimat persis seperti yang diucapkan. Dalam Direct
Speech, kita menggunakan tanda kutip (...).

Contoh Cara Penulisan Direct Speech

1. Quoting One Sentence (Mengutip Satu Kalimat)

Contoh penulisan:
She said, My father is a farmer.
My father is a farmer, she said.
My father, she said, is a farmer.

Dari ketiga contoh penulisan percakapan langsung (Direct

Speech) di atas, contoh penulisan yang pertama adalah yang
lazim digunakan.
She said, My father is a farmer.

Artinya: Dia berkata, Ayah saya adalah seorang petani.

Cara penulisannya: Gunakan tanda koma setalah She said.
Gunakan huruf besar pada kata pertama setelah tanda kutip.
Kemudian beri tanda kutip lagi setelah tanda titik diakhir
kalimat.

2. Quoting More Than One Sentence (Mengutip Lebih Dari Satu Kalimat)

Contoh penulisan:
My father is a farmer. He is going to the rice barn, she said.

(rice barn = lumbung padi)

Cara penulisannya: Tanda kutip digunakan pada awal dan
akhir dari kutipan lengkap. Catatan: Tidak ada tanda kutip lagi
setelah kata farmer.

3. Quoting a Question Or An Exclamation ( Mengutip Kalimat Tanya atau Kata Seru)

Contoh Penulisan:

She asked, When will you be here? Penempatan tanda

tanya diletakkan di
Artinya: Dia bertanya, Kapan kamu dalam tanda kutip.
akan kesini?
When will you be here? she asked. Jika tanda tanya
digunakan, tidak perlu
Artinya: Kapan kamu akan kesini? lagi menggunakan
dia bertanya. tanda koma
sebelum She asked
She said, Watch out! Penempatan tanda seru
diletakkan di dalam
Artinya: Dia berkata, hati-hati! tanda kutip
Silahkan baca juga artikel mengenai Direct and Indirect Speech (Percakapan Langsung
dan Tidak Langsung)

Pengertian Indirect Speech

Indirect Speech (Percakapan Tidak Langsung) adalah bentuk percakapan yang

mengarahkan untuk menggunakan noun clause (anak kalimat yang berfungsi
sebagai noun atau kata benda) untuk melaporkan apa yang telah dikatakan oleh
seseorang.

Contoh Penggunaan Indirect Speech (Kalimat Tidak Langsung)

Direct Speech (Kalimat Indirect Speech (Kalimat Tidak

Langsung) Langsung)
Simple Present Tense Simple Past Tense

He said, I watch TV every day. He said (that) he watched TV

every day.
Present Progressive Tense Past Progressive Tense

He said, I am watching TV every He said he was watching TV

day. every day.
Present Perfect Tense Past Perfect Tense

He said, I have watched TV He said he had watched TV every

every day. day.
Simple Past Tense Past Perfect Tense

He said, I watched TV every He said he had watched TV every

day. day.
Using Modal Auxiliaries Using Modal Auxiliaries

He said, I will watch TV every He said he would watch TV every

day. day.
He said, I am going to watch TV He said he was going to watch TV
every day. every day.
He said, I can watch TV every He said he could watch TV every
day. day.
He said, I may watch TV every He said he might watch TV every
day. day.
He said, I might watch TV every He said he might watch TV every
day. day.
He said, I must watch TV every He said he had to watch TV every
day. day.
He said, I have to watch TV He said he had to watch TV every
every day. day.
He said, I should watch TV He said he should watch TV every
every day. day.
He said, I ought to watch TV He said he ought to watch TV
every day. every day.
 He said, Watch TV! He told me to watch TV.
He said, Do you watch TV? He asked (me) if I watched TV.

CATATAN:
Jika kata kerja pelapor (kata kerja utama dari kalimat, contoh dari
kalimat di atas adalah kata: said) dalam bentuk past (lampau),
kata kerja pada anak kalimat biasanya juga akan menggunakan
bentuk past (lampau).

Ketika kata kerja pelapor menggunakan: Simple Present Tense,

Present Perfect Tenseatau Simple Future Tense, kata kerja pada anak
kalimat (noun clause) nya tidak berubah. Contoh:
She says, I watch TV every She says (that) she watches TV
day. every day.
She has said, I watch TV She has said that she watches TV
every day. every day.
She will say, I watch TV every She will say that she watches TV
day. every day.

Lihat tabel dibawah ini untuk mengetahui bentuk lampau dari modal auxiliaries.

Simple Present Simple Past

Can Could
May Might
Must / have to Had to
Will Would
CATATAN: Tidak ada
bentuk Past (lampau)
untuk:Should dan Ought to

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