Noun Clause

I.         Pengertian

Clause adalah Dependent Clause yang berfungsi sebagai noun (kata benda). Klausa kata benda ini dapat berfungsi sebagai subject maupun object di dalam suatu clause atau phrase lain. Karena berfungsi sebagai kata benda, maka dapat digantikan dengan pronoun “it“.

Contoh:

·            I forgot the fact. (noun)

·            I forgot it. (pronoun)

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

II.         Rumus

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

Noun clause biasanya terbentuk dalam 2 format:

a.            Kalimat tanya
Catatan:         meskipun bentuknya adalah kata tanya, namun format kalimatnya                            tetap dalam bentuk pernyataan karena ia berkedudukan sebagai                              anak kalimat. Dalam kalimat I don’t care who you are, bukan who                           are you. I know adalah induk kalimat, dan who you are adalah anak                  kalimat.

·                     Question Words (kata tanya)
Yang termasuk kata tanya adalah: what, when, where, who, why dan how.
Contoh:          - I know what you did last summer.

                                                - You should know when you have to go.

                                                - I parked my car where you waited me yesterday.

                                                - Mr. John is the man who murders this man.

                                                - I don’t know why you said goodbye.

                                                - This the way how fix the problem we face.

·                     If/whether.
Dua kata tersebut dalam hal ini berarti “apakah”. Kata ini digunakan untuk kata tanya dengan jawaban yes atau no. Misal: Have you written the report? Yes, I have atau No, I haven’t.
Contoh:          (Q) Has she got married?
                         (A) I don’t know if she has got married for along this time.

                                                 (Q) Did you call me last week?
                                                 (A) I forget whether I called you or not last week, that’s been                                                    long time, I can’t remember.

b.            Statement (pernyataan)
Noun clause dalam bentuk pertanyaan selalu didahului oleh That yang berarti “bahwa”. Noun clause ini biasanya didahului oleh induk kalimat dengan kata kerja seperti: assume, believe, discover, dream, guess, hear, hope, know, learn, notice, predict, prove, realize, suppose, suspect dan think.
Contoh:          - I believe that I can prove that I am not guilty in this case.

                                    - You must realize that you don’t deserve to marry her. She comes                                          from a rich family, and you are not.

III.            Fungsi

Noun clause pada dasarnya adalah nominal sehingga dapat berfungsi sebagai subjek maupun objek.

·                     Subjek kalimat (Subject of Sentence)
What Megan wrote surprised her family.

·                     Objek verba Transitif (Object of a transitive verb)
He didn’t realize that the stove was off.

·                     Objek Preposisi (Object of Preposition)
Josephine is not responsible for what Alex decided to do.

·                     Subjek Pelengkap (Subject Complement)
Carlie’s problem was that she didn’t do the wash.

·                     Pelengkap Kata Keterangan (Adjective Complement)
The group is happy that Meg returned home.

Sumber         : https://vviittaa.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/55/

                         http://inggrisonline.com/apa-itu-pengertian-rumus-fungsi-dan-contoh-                                 noun-clause/

                         http://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-rumus-contoh-kalimat-noun-                                     clauses