DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

Direct speech adalah kata-kata (kalimat) yang diucapkan langsung dari pembicara. Kalimat tersebut tidak diubah atau ditambah.

Indirect speech adalah kata-kata(kalimat) direct speech yang diceritakan kembali dengan cara lain, tetapi tidak mengubah dengan tidak mengulangi lagi pembicaraan.

PENJELASAN

Untuk lebih memahami perbedaan antara direct speeh dengan indirect speech dapat dilihat dari contoh dibawah ini :

• He said : “ I am very hungry” (Direct speech)

• He said that he was very hungry (Indirect speech)

Catatan :

Dari contoh diatas dapat disimpulkan bahwa perbedaan antara direct speech dan indirect speech adalah bahwa dalam direct speech atau kalimat langsung memakai tanda kutip sedangkan dalam indirect speech atau kalimat tidak langsung tanda kutip tidak dipakai.

Direct dan Indirect speech dapat dibagi dalam 3 bagian :

1. Command (Perintah)

2. Statement (Pernyataan)

3. Question (Pertanyaan)

Penjelasan

1. COMMAND

Command terdiri dari 2 jenis :

Positive Command dan Negative Command

Positive Command

Dalam pola ini kalimat pengantar dinyatakan dengan kata kerja : tell, ask, advise, etc. Diikuti oleh to infinitive.

Kalimat pengantar :

He asked me to

He told me to + reporter words

He ordered to

contoh-contoh positive command :

Direct : The teacher said to me : “open your book”

Indirect : The teacher asked me to open my book

Direct : The doctor said to me : ”stay in bed for a few days”

Indirect : The doctor told me to stay in bed for a few days

Direct : They ordered him : “wait until we turn”

Indirect : They ordered him to wait until they turn

Negative Command

Kalimat pengantar :

He asked me

He told me not to + reporter words

He ordered me

Contoh-contoh negative command :

• Direct : Father asked me : “ Don’t go out”

Indirect : Father asked me no to go out

• Direct : He said to me :’’Don’t make the same mistake again”

Indirect : He told me not to make the same mistake again

• Direct : She ordered anna :”Please don’t make me confused”

Indirect : She ordered anna not to make her confused

2. STATEMENT

Dalam indirect statement, “that” digunakan sebagai penghubung antar kalimat pengantar dan kata-kata yang dilaporkan (reported speech)

Kalimat pengantar dalam statement :

He said+that+reported words

He told me

Contoh-contoh :

• Direct : He said, “Adi is ill”

Indirect : He said that adi was ill

• Direct : She told me, “I am studying English now”

Indirect : she told me that she was studying English now

• Direct : Rina said, “he will work hard”

Indirect : Rina said that he would work hard

• Direct : He told me, “ I have written a letter”

Indirect : He told me that I had written a letter

1.      3. QUESTION

Bila pertanyaan langsung dalam bentuk YES dan NO answer maka IF atau WHETHER sebagai pendukung antara introductory phrase dan reported words.

Kalimat pengantar untuk pola ialah :

He asked me IF/WHETHER………

Contoh-contoh :

Direct : we asked the man “Do you like coffe?”

Indirect : we asked the man if/whether he liked coffe

Direct : seisy asked Helen : “have you seen that film?”

Indirect : seisy asked Helen if/whether she had seen that film

Direct : we asked him :”will you be doing anything by this time tomorrow?”

Indirect : we asked him if/whether he would be doing anything by this time tomorrow

Auxiliaries

Direct : the man asked me :’’can you speak English?

Indirect : the man asked me if/whether I could speak English

Bila pertanyaan menggunakan kata-kata Tanya seperti : where, when, what, why, who,whose,how,etc. maka kata-kata tersebut berfungsi sebagai penghubung antara introductory pharse dan reported words, dengan pola sbb:

He asked me + Question Words+reported words (positive)

Contoh-contoh :

Direct : we asked the man :’where do you live?”

Indirect : we asked the man where he lived

Direct : we asked him :’’ where were you going by 5 p.m yesterday?”

Indirect : we asked him where he had been going by 5 p.m yesterday