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Activity in fasting month

1.        Fasting or sawm Sawm (Arabic: صوم) is an Arabic word for fasting regulated by Islamic jurisprudence. In the terminology of Islamic law, Sawm means "to abstain from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse“.   The observance of sawm during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, but is not confined to that month. Other languages For example, the Muslims of Afghanistan, India, Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan  and Uzbekistan use the word rozah which comes from the Indo-Iranian language of Dari. In Turkey, Sawm is called oruç, while the Malay, community in Malaysia and Singapore call it puasa, which is derived from Sanskrit, upvaasa. Puasa is also used in Indonesia. Interestingly, the word is also found in the Maltese Language. In the Qur'an surah Al-Baqarah verse 183, God Revealed: * يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُ...

Direct Indirect Speech

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      A.       Direct Speech Adalah kalimat langsung/kutipan asli suatu pembicaraan tanpa adanya suatu perubahan. Penulisan direct speech selalu diapit oleh tanda kutip dan kalimat selalu diawali huruf kapital.       B.       Indirect Speech Adalah kalimat tidak langsung/bentuk kalimat yang menceritakan kembali pendapat/pembicaraan seseorang yang mengalami modifikasi tertentu. Terdapat tiga jenis indirect speech. 1.        Kalimat berita/pernyataan (declarative/statement)        a.         Direct    : He says, ‘I go to school everyday’                       Indirect    : He says that he goes to school everyday.              b.        Direct    : Doni ...

Adverbial Clauses

Adverbial Clause adalah Clause (anak kalimat) yang berfungsi sebagai Adverb, yakni menerangkan kata kerja. Adverbial Clause biasanya diklasifikasikan berdasarkan "arti/maksud" dari Conjunction (kata penghubung yang mendahuluinya). A.       Macam – macam Adverbial Clauses 1. Clause of Time Clause yang menunjukkan waktu. Biasanya dibuat dengan menggunakan conjunction (kata penghubung) seperti after, before, no sooner, while, as, etc. Contoh: ·          My father came as I was studying ·          She has been living here since 1993. 2. Clause of Place Clause yang menunjukkan tempat. Biasanya dibuat dengan menggunakan        conjunction  seperti where,  nowhere, anywhere, wherever, etc. Contoh: ·          Where there is a will, there is a way. ·         ...