Arti dan Contoh Penggunaan Indirect Speech dalam Cerita Bahasa Inggris

Contoh penggunaan indirect speech dalam cerita bahasa Inggris dapat dipelajari agar lebih mudah memahami materi ini. Dalam bahasa Inggris terdapat direct dan indirect speech yang kerap digunakan baik secara lisan maupun tulisan.

Karena sering digunakan, materi ini sangat penting untuk dipahami. Dengan demikian, orang yang memahami materi ini bisa lebih mahir menggunakan bahasa Inggris.

Memahami Arti dan Contoh Penggunaan Indirect Speech dalam Cerita Bahasa Inggris

Dikutip dari Direct Speech Indirect Speech, Supono (2006:1), arti indirect speech atau kalimat tak langsung adalah kalimat yang mengatakan atau melaporkan kembali ucapan seseorang tanpa mengubah maksud atau isi perkataan si pembicara.

Indirect speech juga disebut sebagai reported speech atau kalimat yang dilaporkan. Indirect speech berbeda dengan direct speech namun hal yang dimaksud masih sama. Perhatikan contoh kalimat berikut.

Direct speech: John said, “I am happy.”
Indirect speech: John said that he was happy.

Agar lebih mudah dipahami, berikut adalah contoh penggunaan indirect speech dalam cerita bahasa Inggris yang dikutip dari Bestie Book Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA Kelas X, XI, & XII, The King Eduka (2022:34 )

Once upon a time, there lived neighbors, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit was a good shot, and the bear, being very clumsy, could not use the arrow to good advantage. The bear would call over the rabbit and ask the rabbit to take his bow and arrows and go with him to the other side of the hill.

The rabbit, fearing to arouse the bear’s anger by refusing, consented and went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family. Indeed, he shot and killed so many that there was lots of meat left after the bear and his family had loaded themselves, and packed all they could to carry home.

The bear was very gluttonous and did not want the rabbit to get any of the meat. Poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day’s work. The bear was the father of five children. The youngest child was very kind to the rabbit.

The youngest child would take some meat outside and pretend to play ball with it, kicking it toward the rabbit’s house. When he got close to the door, he would give the meat with such a great kick that it would fly into the rabbit’s house. In this way, the poor rabbit would get his meal unknown to the papa bear.( red )