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DIRECT SPEECH:
Amel said to me, “Wait here till I return.”
Amel berkata kepadaku, “Tunggu di sini sampai saya kembali.”
Menjadi:
INDIRECT SPEECH:
Amel asked me to wait here till she returned.
Amel minta agar saya menunggu di sana sampai dia kembali.
Catatan 3:
Penggunaan “let” (mari) dalam DIRECT SPEECH dan INDIRCT SPEECH.
DIRECT SPEECH:
He said, “Let’s start our work today.”
Dia berkata, “Mari kita mulai bekerja hari ini.”
Menjadi:
INDIRCT SPEECH:
He suggested that they should start their work that day.
Dia menyarankan agar mereka memulai pekerjaan mereka hari itu.
4. Kalimat Seru (Exclamatory Sentence)
Jika reported verb/reported words terdiri dari kalimat seru (exclamatory
sentence) atau kalimat optatif (optative sentence), maka reporting verb “say
atau tell” harus dirubah menjadi kata kerja tertentu yang semacam itu seperti
exclaim, cry out, pray dsb.
a. Kalimat Seru (Exclamatory Sentence)
DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH
• Roy said, “Hurray! My old friend • Roy exclaimed with joy that
has come.” his old friend has come.
Roy berkata, “Hore! Teman Roy berseru dengan
lama saya telah datang.” kegirangan bahwa teman
lamanya telah datang.
• Jeki said, “Alas! My father was • Jeki cried out with regret that
killed in the war.” his father has been killed in
Jeki berkata, “Sayang! the war.
Bapakku terbunuh dalam Jeki berteriak dengan
perang.” menyesal bahwa bapaknya
telah terbunuh dalam perang.
• He said, “How clever I am!” • He exclaimed with delight that
Dia berkata, “betapa pandainya he was very clever.
saya!” Dia berseru dengan gembira
bahwa dia sangat pandai.
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