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a<br />

b<br />

Teriadinya pembunuhan itu membuat polisi sibuk.<br />

The takine place of (occurrence) of that murder made the police busy.<br />

Bapak saya pernj ke Mekah untuk naik haji.<br />

My father w a to Mecca for a pilgrimage.<br />

Pertzin~a bapak saya ke Mekah adalah untuk naik haji.<br />

The departure of my father to Mecca is for a pilgrimage.<br />

Here are some examples of nominalisation of adjectives.<br />

a<br />

b<br />

Penghasilan mereka besar.<br />

Their income is &$J (literally 'large').<br />

Besarnya penghasilan mereka mernungkinkan mereka untuk<br />

membeli rumah mahal.<br />

The hi~h level (literally 'the largeness') g[their income enabled them to buy<br />

an expensive house.<br />

-4<br />

Turn the underlined verbs and adjectives in each of the following<br />

sentences into abstract nouns by writing a new sentence with similar<br />

information, using the nominalised word at the beginning of your<br />

sentence.<br />

Example :<br />

Swalayan itu dibuka 24 jam.<br />

The supermarket is open twenty-four hours.<br />

Dibukanva swalayan itu 24 jam membuat orang senang<br />

berbelanja di sana<br />

The openine of the supermarket for twenty-four hours makes people enjoy<br />

shopping there.<br />

1 Sekolah itu dibuka oleh Menteri Pendidikan.<br />

Dibukanya . . .<br />

2 Banyak orang hadir di pertemuan itu.<br />

Hadirnya . . .<br />

3 Ribuan orang terbunuh dalarn insiden berdarah itu.<br />

Terbunuhnya . . .<br />

4 Target penjualan bulan ini sudah terca~ai.<br />

Tercapainya . . .<br />

5 Ruangan itu sangat besar.<br />

Besarnya . . .<br />

Summary<br />

The suffix -nya has several uses:<br />

To show possessian ('his','her/hersl or 'its')<br />

In topic-comment sentences, attached to the word in the comment part<br />

As a definite article, like 'the' in English<br />

As an exclamatory marker:'How . . .!' 'What a/an . . .!'<br />

As a nominaliser: to form an abstract noun from a verb or adjective<br />

To be polite by avoiding saying 'you' or 'your'<br />

Uses of -nyo 1 4 1<br />

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