UNDERSTANDING BAHASA
INDONESIA AND ENGLISH
SENTENCE PATTERNS
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By the end of this lecture, you will be able
to answer questions about:
1. Components that build up a sentence in
English
2. Components that build up a sentence in
Bahasa Indonesia
3. Common errors found in writing
sentences in Bahasa Indonesia
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THE ENGLISH SENTENCE
CONSTRUCTION
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English sentences have two basic components: a subject and a predicate
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Winters in Maine can be extremely difficult. Temperatures frequently drop below zero. Heavy snowfalls make travel risky.
Being self-reliant and resourceful
helps a person to survive through the winter.
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ENGLISH SENTENCE
In its simplest form, an English sentence has two parts: a subject and a verb that express a complete
thought when they are together.
A COMPLETE THOUGHT
Subject
Verb
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SUBJECT
The subject is sometimes called the
naming part of a sentence or clause.
The subject usually appears before
the predicate to show
(a) what the sentence is about, or
(b) who or what performs the
SUBJECT
The subject is commonly
a) a noun
b) a pronoun
c) a noun phrase
d) compound subject
e) a noun clause
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VERB
The verb shows the action or the state of being
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VERB
VERB PHRASE
Auxiliary Verb Main Verb Functioning as Adverb or AdjectiveI must make an ‘A’ in this class.
We grew apart after high school.
Running on the wet floor, she slipped and broke her arm.
COMPLEMENTS OF ACTIVITY VERBS
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COMPLEMENTS OF LINKING VERBS
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SENTENCE
SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX
SUBJECT AND PREDICATE SUBJECT AND VERB
S + V
SENTENCE
SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND-COMPLEX
S + V (+ Clause) + coordinate conjunction + (S + V) ADJECTIVE CLAUSE, NOUN CLAUSE, OR ADVERB CLAUSE (S + V) coordinate conjunction (S + V) (S + V) subordinate conjunction (S + V) Main Clause + Sub Clause (S + V) containing clauses S + V
SIMPLE SENTENCE
Mr. Potato Head eats monkeys.
I refuse.
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COMPOUND SENTENCE
Mr. Potato Head eats them for
breakfast every day, but I don’t
see the attraction.
Eating them makes him happy;
however, he can’t persuade me.
COMPLEX SENTENCE
He recommends them highly because they taste like chicken when they are hot.
Although chicken always appeals to me, I still feel skeptical about monkey.
Mrs. Potato Head, because she loves us so much, has offered to make her special monkey soufflé for us.
She can cook it however she wants.
COMPOUND-COMPLEX
SENTENCE
Mr. Potato Head said that he would share the
secret recipe; however, if he does, Mrs.
Potato Head will feed him to the piranhas, so
we are both safer and happier if I don’t eat
monkeys or steal recipes.
The man
looked angry few minutes ago.
The man with a scar on his face
looked
angry few minutes ago.
ADJECTIVE AND PHRASE
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The man
is calm now.
The man with a scar on his face
is
calm
indeed
now.
ADJECTIVE AND PHRASE
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The man
is in his office.
The man with a scar on his face
is in his ofice
near the park
.
ADJECTIVE AND PHRASE
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The girl
understood my instruction easily.
The pretty girl in the red sweater
understood my instruction
about how to set
the table without dificulty
.
The girl
cried loudly.
The small girl in the back of the room
cried
loudly.
ADJECTIVE AND PHRASE
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The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.
During the dinner conversation, Clifford, the messiest eater at the table, spewed mashed potatoes like an erupting volcano.
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that
renames another noun right beside it.
The building looked empty last night.
The building
that sits across from the park
looked empty
when we drove past it
.
CLAUSES
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The building is a museum now.
The building
that used to belong to the
Briggs family
has been a museum
since Mr.
Briggs died in 1986
.
CLAUSES
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The building is on Fifth Avenue.
The building
which contains the legislative
offices
is on Fifth Avenue
because the
senators need to be able to walk to the
State Building across the street
.
CLAUSES
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The child cried loudly.
The child
who was sitting in the back of the
room
cried loudly
so that the teacher could
hear him
.
CLAUSES
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The child understood my question easily.
The child
who was wearing the red sweater
understood my question easily
although it
was very difficult
.
CLAUSES
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Javier
and
his colleagues
collaborated on
the research article.
COMPOUND SUBJECT
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Javier
conducted
the experiment and
documented
the results.
COMPOUND VERBS
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Javier
,
his colleagues
, and
their advisor
drafted
and
revised
the article several
times.
COMPOUND
SUBJECT AND VERB
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THE SENTENCE
CONSTRUCTION OF
BAHASA INDONESIA
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SIMPLE SENTENCE
(Kalimat Tunggal)
COMPOUND SENTENCE
(Kalimat Majemuk)
PREDICATE
Nouns/Noun Phrase (nomina/frasa nomina) Verbs/Verb Phrase (verba/frasa verba)
Adjectives/Adjective Phrase (Ajektiva/frasa ajektiva) Other categories (kategori lain)
COMPUND SENTENCE
Kalimat Majemuk Setara
COMPLEX SENTENCE
Kalimat Majemuk Bertingkat
DECLARATIVE SENTENCE (KALIMAT BERITA) INTEROGATIVE SENTENCE (KALIMAT TANYA) IMPERATIVE SENTENCE (KALIMAT PERINTAH) EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE (KALIMAT SERU)
In Bahasa Indonesia, sentence construction refers to several types which are based on either form or
meaning.
FORM
MEANING
COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
The following is the examples of simple sentence (kalimat tunggal) with its various kinds of predicates.
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Bapak menulis.
Wanita itu cantik.
Rumahnya di atas gunung.
Ia dokter.
Ayamnya lima ekor.
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The following is the examples of compound sentence (kalimat majemuk setara)
S + P CONJUNCTION S + P
Sisca anak yang baik
lagi pula ia sangat pandai. Bapak minum teh atau Bapak makan nasi. Dia sangat rajin, tetapi adiknya sangat
pemalas.
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The following is the examples of complex sentence (kalimat majemuk bertingkat)
S + P CONJUNCTION S + P
Diakuinya bahwa ia yang memukul anak itu.
Katanya bahwa ia tidak sengaja menjatuhkan gelas itu.
Mereka sudah mengetahui
bahwa saya yang
mengambilnya. Ayah pulang ketika kami makan malam
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The following is the examples of compound-complex sentence
(kalimat majemuk campuran)
Major Pattern Minor 1 Minor 2
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There are some conditions that may lead to common errors when writing sentences in Bahasa Indonesia.
1. Influenced by local languages 2. Influenced by foreign languages 3. Ambiguity 4. Ineffectiveness 5. Fragments 6. Illogical Sentences 7. Reduncance/Pleonasm Rida Wahyuningrum English Department
INFLUENCED BY LOCAL
LANGUAGES
a. Buku itu dibeli oleh saya buku eta dipeser ku abdi
b. Apa kamu sudah membacanya Opo kowe . . . .
c. Atas perhatian Saudara kami haturkan terima kasih. d. Teknologinya Jepang jauh lebih maju dari kita
e. Kita punya kemampuan terbaik.
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INFLUENCED BY FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
a. My name is Farah
b. He knows a restaurant where we can get a drink. c. Aeroplanes which cross the Atlantic are jets.
d. The man to whom the letter was addressed had died months before.
e. The travelers with whom I had spoken came from distant town.
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Translated as follows:
• Nama saya adalah Farah.
• Dia tahu rumah makan di mana kita bisa mendapatkan minuman.
• Pesawat-pesawat yang mana mengarungi Lautan Atlantik itu adalah jet.
• Orang kepada siapa surat itu dialamatkan telah meninggal beberapa bulan lalu.
• Para pelancong dengan siapa saya telah berbicara datang dari kota yang jauh.
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AMBIGUITY
a. Lukisan Jamilah dipajang juga dalam pameran itu. b. Garasi mobil yang mewah itu selalu terpelihara. c. Ibu Indra sakit
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INEFFECTIVE SENTENCES
1. Sejumlah desa-desa yang dilalui Sungai Citarum dilanda
banjir.
2. Dalam pembangunan jembatan Pasupati, banyak
persoalan-persoalan ekstern yang muncul.
3. Bersama surat ini saya lampirkan daftar nama-nama calon anggota DPR.
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a. diperlebarkan dilebarkan/diperlebar
b. Seringkali sering-sering/ berkali-kali c. dan lain sebagainya dan lain-lain/dan sebagainya d. Kadangkala kadang-kadang/Adakala
e. zaman dahulu kala zaman/kala
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f. Dalam seminar itu membicarakan . . . .
Dalam seminar itu dibicarakan . . . . Seminar itu membicarakan . . . . (X)
Pemakalah seminar itu membicarakan . . . .
g. Permasalahan negara dapat diatasi dengan cepat
tergantung dari pemimpinnya. (X)
• Pada dinding itu tergantung lukisan.
• Permasalahan negara dapat diatasi dengan cepat
bergantung pada pimpinannya.
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FRAGMENTS
a. Jika tidak ada dukungan masyarakat, tidak akan terwujud.
b. Film produksi dalam negeri yang kurang bermutu yang tidak mampu bersaing di pasaran.
c. Dua orang mahasiswa jurusan Mesin yang sedang mengadakan penelitian ke Bontang.
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ILLOGICAL SENTENCES
a. Yang kencing harus disiram orangnya yang disiram
b. Dilarang keras membuang sampah ke sungai
c. Kepada yang tidak berkepentingan dilarang masuk Siapa yang tidak berkepentingan? Kepada
d. Daerah bebas parkir berarti boleh parkir di mana saja.
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ILLOGICAL SENTENCES
e. Waktu dan tempat kami persilakan. f. Bapak/Ibu/Saudara …, kami persilakan.
g. Mereka tidak paham dan mengerti masalah politik.
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REDUNDANCE
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REDUNDANCE
Berdasarkan pada Berdasar pada . . . . Berdasarkan . . . . Disebabkan karena Disebabkan . . . Membicarakan mengenai/tentang Berbicara
tentang/mengenai Membicarakan . . . .
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a. Hasil daripada penjualan saham akan digunakan untuk memperluas bidang usaha.
b. Baik pedagang ataupun konsumen masih menunggu
kepastian harga sehingga tidak terjadi transaksi jual beli.
c. Bukan harga sembilan bahan pokok yang mengalami
kenaikan harga tetapi harga produk yang menggunakan bahan baku impor.
d. Sebagian pedagang tidak menaikkan harga melainkan menimbun sebagian barang dagangannya.
e. Antara kemauan konsumen dengan kemauan pedagang
terdapat perbedaan dalam penentuan kenaikan harga. Note:
seperti baik…maupun; bukan…melainkan; tidak…tetapi….; antara…dan…. Rida Wahyuningrum
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