Pengertian Conjunction
Conjunction adalah kata atau kelompok kata yang berfungsi menghubungkan dua konstruksi gramatikal
yang sama yaitu: kata, frasa (phrase), atau klausa (clause).
Kata atau kelompok kata ini dapat dibedakan menjadi coordinate, correlative, subordinate, dan
adverbial conjunction (subjunctive adverb).
MACAM-MACAM CONJUNCTION
Coordinate Conjunction
Coordinate conjunction terdiri dari: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, dan so (fanboys). Kata hubung ini sering
digunakan pada compound sentence untuk menghubungkan dua independent clause.
=FOR=
=NOR=
(+) She answer my call, nor did her friend when I called them last night
(-) She didn’t answer my call, nor did her friends when I called them last night.
(?) Did She answer my call, nor did her friend when I called them last night?
=BUT=
(+) The man helped in sincerity, but many people thought negatively about him
(-) The man didn’t helped in sincerity, but many people thought negatively about him
(?) Does The man helped in sincerity, but many people thought negatively about him?
=OR=
=YET=
(+) She is a good person, yet no one wants to become her friends
(-) She is not a good person, yet no one wants to become her friends
(?) Did She is a good person, yet no one wants to become her friends?
=SO=
(+) She has lived in London for more than five years, so she can speak English well
(-) She didn’t lived in London for more than five years, so she can speak English well
(?) Did She has lived in London for more than five years, so she can speak English well?
Subordinate Conjunction
Subordinate conjunction adalah kata hubung yang berada di awal suatu subordinate clause yang disebut
adverbial clause yang berfungsi membangun hubungan ide antara subordinate clause tersebut dengan
main clause (berupa independent clause) yang membentuk complex sentence.
=ALTHOUGH=
(-) She didn’t went to the meeting although she was ill
(?) Did She went to the meeting although she was ill?
=AFTER=
(+) Jane began her work after her friend had gone
(-) Jane didn’t began her work after her friend had gone
(?) Does Jane began her work after her friend had gone ?
=BEFORE=
=BUT=