Klarifikasi Embedded Question Lengkap

Penjelasan Embedded Question Lengkap – Tahukah Anda apa yang dimaksud dengan embedded question? Embedded question ialah bentuk kalimat pertanyaan (interrogative sentences) yang berada di dalam kalimat pernyataan (declarative sentence) atau kalimat pertanyaan yang lain.

Perhatikan Contoh kalimat di Bawah Ini:

Direct question: Where is her house?

Embedded question dalam kalimat pernyataan: I am so sorry I cannot tell you where her house is.

Embedded question dalam kalimat pertanyaan: Could you tell me where her house is?

Direct question: What time did he leave?

Embedded question dalam kalimat pertanyaan: Do you know what time he left?

Embedded question dalam kalimat pernyataan: I would like to know what time he left.

Table of Contents

• Aturan Penulisan Embedded Question
• Phrase Umum yang Digunakan dalam Embedded Question
• Fungsi Embedded Question

Aturan Penulisan Embedded Question

Berdasarkan acuan di atas, aturan menggunakan embedded question ialah:

1. Embedded question yang berada dalam kalimat pertanyaan (interrogative sentence) diakhiri dengan tanda tanya.


2. Jika disertai dengan auxiliary verb, mirip do, does, did, maka auxiliary verb tersebut dihilangkan dan verbnya diganti dengan bentuk tenses mirip pada direct question.
   
   Contoh:
   
   Direct question: When did the class dismiss?
   
   Embedded question: Do you know when the class dismissed?


3. Embedded question pada kalimat declarative sentence mesti diakhiri dengan tanda baca titik.


4. Auxiliary verb seperti to be (is, am, are) pada direct question ditaruh di final kalimat pada embedded question.
   
   Contoh:
   
   Direct question: who is he?
   
   Embedded question: do you know who he is?

Phrase Umum yang Digunakan dalam Embedded Question

Could you tell me . . .

Please tell me . . .

Did you know .. .

Do you know . . .

Would you mind . .

I wanted to know . . .

I am willing to know

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I would like to know . . .

I cannot remember . .

Lets’ ask

I need to know

I need to find out . . .

I wonder . . .

The question is . . .

Who knows . . .

Fungsi Embedded Question

A. Bertanya dengan Sopan

Direct question: Where is the post office?

Embedded question: Could you tell me where the post office is?

Artinya: Bisakah kau memberitahuku dimana kantor pos?

Contoh kalimat:

Could you tell me please what time the bus arrives?

Bisakah kamu memberitahuku jam berapa bus tiba?

Would you mind helping me to lift my suitcase?

Apakah kau keberatan membantu satu mengangkat koperku?

Would you please tell me what day is today?

Maukah kau memberitahuku hari apa ini?

Could you tell me what is the name of our new principal?

Bisakah kau memberitahuku siapa nama kepala sekolah gres kita?

Would you mind telling me who he is?

Apakah kamu keberatan memberitahuku siapa ia?

Please tell when the show begins?

Tolong beritahuku kapan pentasdimulai?

Can you remember where you bought the computer?

Bisakah kau mengingat di mana kamu membeli komputer?

Did you know what happened last week?

Apakah kau tahu apa yang terjadi ahad yang kemudian?

Do you know if she will go to Jakarta?

Apakah kau tahu kalua dia akan pergi ke Jakarta?

Do you know whether or not she will go to Jakarta?

Apakah kamu tahu benar atau tidaknya ia akan pergi ke Jakarta?

B. Menanyakan sesuatu yang tidak dimengerti oleh pembicara itu sendiri

Direct question: Why did she want to come with us?

Embedded question: I don’t know why she wanted to come with us.

Artinya: Aku tidak tahu mengapa ia ingin ikut dengan kita.

Contoh Kalimat:

Pease tell me what to do.

Tolong katakan padaku apa yang harus dikerjakan.

I wonder if you could see me tonight.

Saya ingin tahu apakah kau bisa menemuiku mala mini.

I am not sure what time the class dismisses.

Aku tidak percaya jam berapa kelas final.

I would like to know why Anne cried last night.

Aku ingin mengetahui mengapa Anne menangis kemarin malam.

I need to find out how the price of the new computer is.

Aku perlu mencari tahu berapa harga komputer gres itu.

Let’s ask when we will go to the beach.

Ayo tanyakan kapan kita akan pergi ke pantai.

I wanted to know where he put his book.

Aku ingin mengenali di mana ia meletakkan bukunya.

I am willing to know how the tempe is made.

Aku ingin mengetahui bagaiamana caranya tempe dibentuk?

I cannot remember where I met her.

Aku tidak mampu mengenang di mana saya menemuinya.

Who knows what he has done lately.

Siapa yang mengenali apa yang telah dia kerjakan salama ini.