Contoh Relative Pronoun

Relative Pronoun adalah kata ganti yang digunakan untuk memperkenalkan Adjective Clause yang menerangkan noun (kata benda). Bentuk dari Relative Pronoun adalah: who, which,whom, whose, dan that.

Contoh Relative Pronoun

Adapun contoh penggunaan Relative Pronoun dapat dilihat pada tabel di bawah ini.

Relative Pronoun	Fungsi	Digunakan untuk	Arti	Contoh Kalimat
Who	Sebagai Subject	Menerangkan Noun - Orang	Yang	The man who speaks English every day is my grand father. (Artinya : Pria yang berbicara bahasa inggris setiap hari itu adalah kakek saya)
				I looked for the man who borrowed me money. (Artinya: Saya mencari pria yang meminjami saya uang.)

The Man is my grandfather.

He speaks English every day.

“The man who speaks English every day is my grand father”

Who disebut sebagai Subject Pronoun (seperti penggunaan: I, he, she, etc), dan pada contoh kalimat tabel di atas:

Who merupakan subject dari verb = speaks serta memperkenalkan Adjective Clause yang menerangkan subject = The man.

Relative Pronoun	Fungsi	Digunakan untuk	Arti	Contoh Kalimat
Whom	Sebagai Object	Menerangkan Noun - Orang	Yang	The woman whom you kissed last night is my sister. (Artinya: Perempuan yang kamu cium tadi malam adalah adik saya.)
				The team whom you were watching has won three gold medals. (Artinya: Tim yang kamu tonton telah memenangkan tiga medali emas.)

The Woman is my sister.

You kissed her last night.

“The woman whom you kissed last night is my sister”

Whom disebut sebagai Object Pronoun (seperti penggunaan: me, his, her, etc), dan pada contoh kalimat di atas:

Whom merupakan object dari verb = kissed serta memperkenalkan Adjective Clause yang menerangkan subject = The woman.

Relative Pronoun	Fungsi	Digunakan untuk	Arti	Contoh Kalimat
Which	Subject / Object	Menerangkan Noun - Benda / Binatang	Yang	The movie which we saw last night was very good. (Artinya: Film yang kita lihat tadi malam sangat bagus).
				The table which was made of oak wood has broken. (Artinya: Meja yang dibuat dari kayu oak sudah patah).

The movie was very good.

We saw it last night.

“The movie which we saw last night was very good”

(which digunakan karena mewakili the movie = it = kata benda)

Pada contoh kalimat di atas:

Which merupakan object dari verb = saw serta memperkenalkan Adjective Clause yang menerangkan subject = The movie.

Relative Pronoun	Fungsi	Digunakan untuk	Arti	Contoh Kalimat
Whose	Kepemilikan	Menerangkan Noun – Orang	Yang – nya	I know the man whose bicycle was stolen. (Artinya: Saya kenal dengan pria yang sepedanya dicuri).
				The woman whose car I want to buy is my old friend. (Artinya: Wanita yang mobilnya saya ingin beli adalah teman lama saya).

I know the man.

His bicycle was stolen.

“I know the man whose bicycle was stolen”

Whose digunakan untuk menunjukkan kepemilikan. Whose juga mempunyai arti yang sama seperti layaknya penggunaan my, our, their, etc.

His bicycle = whose bicycle

Relative Pronoun	Fungsi	Digunakan untuk	Arti	Contoh Kalimat
That	Subject / Object	Menerangkan Noun – Orang, Benda, dan Binatang	Yang	The car that I bought 3 years ago has been stolen by my own brother. (Artinya: Mobil yang saya beli 3 tahun yang lalu telah dicuri oleh adik saya sendiri.)
				I thanked the woman that helped me. (Artinya: Saya berterima kasih kepada wanita yang menolong saya.)

The car has been stolen by my own brother.

I bought it 3 years ago.

“The car that I bought 3 years ago has been stolen by my own brother”

Pada contoh kalimat di atas:

That merupakan object dari verb = bought serta memperkenalkan  Adjective Clause yang menerangkan subject = The car.

I thanked woman.

She helped me.

“I thanked the woman that helped me”

Pada contoh kalimat di atas:

That merupakan subject dari verb= helped serta memperkenalkan Adjective Clause yang menerangkan subject = The woman.

CATATAN : Dalam percakapan sehari-hari: Sebagai Subject Pronoun, who lebih umum digunakan daripada that. Sebagai Subject Pronoun, that lebih umum digunakan daripada which.

Dalam percakapan yang sangat formal, prepositions digunakan sebelum adjective clause. Contohnya:

She is the woman

I told you about her

She is the woman about whom I told you.

Biasanya dalam percakapan sehari-hari, prepositions digunakan setelah subject dan verb (kata kerja) dari adjective clause. Contohnya:

The music was good

We listened to it last night

The music which we listened to last night was good.

The music that we listened to last night was good.

Jika prepositions berada diawal dari adjective clause, hanya whom atau which yang boleh digunakan. Prepositionstidak pernah langsung diikuti dengan that atau who.

   

Artikel Relative Pronoun

 Self-confidence is one aspect of personality that is very important in human life. Self confident people are confident about their own abilities and have realistic expectations, even when their expectations are not realized; they stayed positive and can take it.

Definition

Self-confidence is a mental or psychological condition of a person who gives a strong confidence in him to do or perform any act. People who do not believe in themselves have a negative self-concept, lack of confidence in his ability, because it is often kept to them. Self confidence is a mental or psychological condition,which individuals can evaluate the entirety of her strong belief in giving him the ability to take action in achieving various goals in life.

People who have good self-confidence, they have positive feelings toward themselves, have strong beliefs on him and had accurate knowledge of the capabilities. People who have good self-confidence are not the only person who feels capable of (but not really afford) but is a person who knows that he can be caused by experience and calculation that he did.

Synonyms:  aplomb, inner strength, positive self-image, self-assurance

Personality traits of people with low self-confidence

When this is linked to the practice of everyday life, people who have low self-confidence or have lost confidence, tend to feel / be as below:

• Do not have anything (desires, goals, targets) which fought energetically

• Do not have a decision to step decisive

• Easily frustrated or give up when faced with a problem or difficulty

• Less motivated to go forward, laziness or half and half

• Often fails to accomplish its tasks or responsibilities

• Awkward in dealing with people

• Can’t demonstrate the ability to speak and the ability to listen to a convincing

• Often have unrealistic expectations

• Too perfectionist

• Too sensitive

Help: low self-confindence

Counselling,  life coaching, and hypnotherapy are common therapies used to help improve self-confidence.

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