Pengertian Noun Clause

Noun clause adalah klausa yang berfungsi sebagai nomina. Karena fungsinya sebagai nomina, maka noun clause dapat menduduki posisi-posisi berikut:

1. Subjek kalimat (subject of a sentence)
2. Objek verba transitif (object of a transitive verb)
3. Objek preposisi (object of a preposition)
4. Pelengkap (complement)
5. Pemberi keterangan tambahan (noun in apposition)

Contoh Noun Clause : 


1. Noun Clause sebagai Subjek Kalimat ( subject of a sentence )

• What you said doesn’t convince me at all.
• How he becomes so rich makes people curious.
• What the salesman has said is untrue.
• That the world is round is a fact. 

2. Noun Clause sebagai Verba Transitif ( Object of a Transitive verb )

• I know what you mean.
• I don’t understand what he is talking about.
• He said that his son would study in Australia 

3. Noun Clause Sebagai Preposisi ( object of a Preposition )

• Please listen to what your teacher is saying.
• Budi pays full attention to how the native speaker is pronouncing the English word
• Be careful of what you’re doing. 

4. Noun Clause sebagai Pelengkap ( Completment )

• The good news is that the culprit has been put into the jail.
• This is what I want.
• That is what you need.

5. Noun Clause sebagai Pemberi Keterangan Tambahan ( Noun in Apposition )

• The idea that people can live without oxygen is unreasonable.
• The fact that Rudi always comes late doesn’t surprise me.