Pengertian Demonstrative Adjective
Demonstrative adjective adalah determiner atau special adjective yang digunakan untuk menerangkan noun dalam hal jarak (distance) dan jumlah (number).
Demonstrative adjective terdiri dari: this, that, these, dan those. Bentuknya yang identik dengan demonstrative pronoun.Contoh Demonstrative Adjective:
- this book
- that car
- these mangoes
- those bottles
Lihat juga:
Pronoun dan Demonstrative Adjective
Baik pronoun maupun demonstrative adjective, memiliki parameter yang sama, yaitu jarak (distance) dan jumlah (number). Berikut hubungan antara parameter dengan demonstrative adjective.
| Number | Distance | Demonstrative Adjective/Pronoun |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Far (jauh) | that |
| Near (dekat) | this | |
| Plural | Far (jauh) | those |
| Near (dekat) | these |
Berbeda dengan demonstrative adjective yang berfungsi menerangkan noun dan berada di depan noun yang diterangkan, demonstrative pronoun berfungsi mengantikan noun, baik yang berupa singular (this, that) atau plural (these, those). Pada klausa atau kalimat, singular noun diikuti singular verb dan berlaku sebaliknya.
Beberapa contoh kalimat keduanya adalah sebagai berikut [Subject= S; Object= O].
| Demonstrative Pronoun | Demonstrative Adjective |
|---|---|
| This | |
| This is too much. [S] (Ini terlalu banyak.) |
This food is too much. [S] (Makanan ini terlalu banyak.) |
| I found this in the library. [O] (Saya menemukan ini di perpustakaan.) |
I found this book in the library. [O] (Saya menemukan buku ini di perpustakaan.) |
| That | |
| That is my classmate. [S] (Itu teman sekelas saya.) |
That girl is my classmate. [S] (Anak itu teman sekelas saya.) |
| I love that. [O] (Saya suka itu.) |
I love that place. [O] (Saya suka tempat itu.) |
| These | |
| These are our references. [S] (Ini referensi kita.) |
These international journals are our references. [S] (Jurnal-jurnal internasional ini referensi kita.) |
| He used these. [O] (Dia menggunakan ini.) |
He used these products. [O] (Dia menggunakan produk-produk ini.) |
| Those | |
| Those are no longer fit for my feets. [S] (Itu tak lagi pas untuk kakiku.) |
Those shoes are no longer fit for my feets. [S] (Sepatu itu tak lagi pas untuk kakiku.) |
| Did you cook those? [O] (Apakah kamu memasak itu?) |
Did you cook those pies? [O] (Apakah kamu memasak pai itu?) |
Related Posts:
- All / Whole (Determiner)
- All (of)
- a Lot / a Lot of / Lots of (Quantifier)
- (the) Least / (the) Fewest
- Less / Fewer
- (a) Few / (a) Little [Part 2]
- (a) Few / (a) Little
- Many / Much (Part 2)
- Many / Much
- Some / Any
References:
- What is an Adjective? http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/adjectve.html. Accessed on October 21, 2012.
- Demonstrative Adjectives. http://www.mit.edu/course/21/21.guide/a-demons.htm. Accessed on October 21, 2012.
- Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns. http://www.gordonstate.edu/faculty/k_guffey/arriba_1001/1001_power_point/demonstratives.ppt. Accessed on April 4, 2013.