Adverbial Clause

Adverbial Clause

Adverb Clause terdiri dari dua kata yaitu “Adverb” and “Clause”
adverb adalah : kata keterangan yang menerangkan verb (kata kerja) dan adjective (kata sifat),
clause adalah : anak kalimat.

Jadi adverb clause adalah anak kalimat yang menerangkan kata sifat dan kata kerja dan berfungsi sebagai adverb.
Adverb clause adalah terdiri dari delapan macam: seperti: Adverb clause of time, Adverb clause of place, Adverb clause of number, Adverb clause of menner, adverb clause of reanson, adverb clause of result, adverb clause of condition, dan adverb clause of contrast.

Rumus umum dan contoh adverb clause.

Subject + predicet + conj + subject + predicet.

Tapi bisa saja conjuntion di awal sesuai dengan kalimatnya.

Contoh:
- I met her when + was walking to school.
- As he was sick, he went to she doctor.
- I can’t go out because my mother is sick.

Dibawah ini jenis-jenis Adverbial Clause beserta conjunctionnya:

1. Clause of Time
(when, before, after, since, while, as, as long as, until,til)
• While he was walking home, he saw an accident.
• By the time I arrive, Ryan will have left.
• You may begin when(ever) you are ready.

2. Clause of Place
(where, wherever, anywhere, everywhere)
• They sat down wherever they could find empty seats
• Where there is poverty, there we find discontent and unrest.

3. Clause of Contrast (or Concession)
(although, though, while)
• Jellyta wanted to stop, while I wanted to go on.
• Although it is late, we'll stay a little longer.

4. Clause of Manner
(as, like, the way)
• He did as I told him.
• They may beat us again, like they did in 1978.

5. Clause of Purpose and Result
(so..that)
•She bought a book so (that) she could learn English

6. Clause of Cause and Effect
(because, since, as)
• Because he was sleepy, he went to bed.
• Since he's not interested in classical music, he decided not to go to the concert.

7. Clause of Condition
(if, even if, unless)
If I see him, I will invite him to the party tomorrow.
• She would forgive her husband everything, if only he would come back to her.

8. purpose clauses
(in order to, so that, in order that)
•They went to the movie early (in order) to find the best seats.
•She bought a book so (that) she could learn English

Fungsi Adverbial Clause :

1. Sentence Adverbs

1. Conjunctive Adverbs

1. Explanatory Adverbs

1. Relative dan Interrogative Adverbs

1. Exclamatory Adverbs

Pertama, Sentence adverbs (Kata keterangan kalimat)

Sentence adverb sering dianggap lebih menjelaskan keseluruhan kalimat daripada menjelaskan kata kerja (verb). Beberapa adverb berikut ini adalah sentence adverb :

a. fortunately

b. presumably

c. actually

d. obviously

e. evidently.

Meskipun dari segi bentuknya mirip dengan adverbs of manner, yaitu dengan menambahkan ly pada akhir descriptive adjective, namun dari segi fungsinya sentence adverb tadi merefleksikan 'pendapat / opini pembicara' daripada menjelaskan cara bagaimana melakukan sesuatu (dalam artian: adverbs of manner).

Contoh :

Fortunately, no one was hurt. = Untungnya, tidak ada orang yang luka.

Actually I have many problems = Sebenarnya saya punya banyak masalah.

Kedua, Conjunctive Adverbs

Conjunctive adverb menghubungkan antara satu kalimat atau klausa dan atau mengawali sebuah kalimat. Artinya bahwa conjunctive adverb itu adalah kata keterangan yang berfungsi menghubungkan satu kalimat dengan kalimat lain seperti fungsi conjunction pada umumnya. Conjunctive adverb juga dikenal dengan istilah connective.

Beberapa kata berikut ini adalah salah satu contoh conjunctive adverb:

a. therefore

b. accordingly

c. moreover

d. besides

e. however

f. nevertheless

g. otherwise

h. then

i. in addition

dll.

Contoh

I have no money; therefore, I cannot buy this pencil. = saya tidak punya duit oleh karena itu saya tidak bisa membeli pensil ini.

Ketiga, Explanatory Adverbs

Explanatory adverb adalah adverbs (kata keterangan) yang berfungsi mengilustrasikan / menjelaskan lebih lanjut. Adverb - adverb berikut adalah beberapa explanatory adverb yang umum digunakan.

a. namely = namanya

b. for example = sebagai contoh, contohnya

c. i.e / that is = yaitu

d. e.g. / for example = sebagai contoh, contohnya

e. viz. / namely = yaitu, adalah, bernama

Keempat, Relative dan Interrogative Adverbs

Ada empat kata yang termasuk relative adverbs yaitu : when, where, why, how (kapan, dimana, mengapa dan bagaimana)

1. Relative adverbs -- adverb jenis ini mengawali adjective clause

1. Interrogative adverbs -- adverbs jenis ini berada pada awal kalimat pertanyaan yang menggunakan WH Question when, where, why dan how. Selain itu, interrogative adverbs juga ada pada kalimat pertanyaan yang dijadikan noun clause.

Contoh :

• We visited the house where a famous poet once lived. = mengawali adjective clause.

• When will he arrived? = mengawali kalimat pertanyaan dengan menggunakan when, where, why dan how.

• I asked when he would arrive? = mengawali noun clause jenis pertanyaan.

Kelima, Exclamatory Adverb

Exclamatory adverb adalah adverb berupa kata HOW yang digunakan pada kalimat exclamation (baca: Jenis Kalimat) dan memiliki makna betapa / sungguh.

Contoh:

How beautifully you are!

How beautiful she is ! = betapa cantiknya dia !!!