Struktur Kalimat Perbandingan Berpemarkah -you Bermakna Menyatakan Kesamaan sebagai Reiji (例示) dan Hikyou (比況)

Abstract

This research is within the scope of syntactic studies, focused on the study of comparative sentences marked with -you which express similarities by showing examples or reiji (例示) and which express similarities through comparisons or parables with something or hikyou (比æ³). The data used are comparative sentences sourced from Manabou Nihongo Shochuukyuu's book (Igari Miho et al., 2006) and self-made sentences (sakurei). The method of this study is a qualitative descriptive method. The sentence pattern mentioned first consists of has five patterns, namely 「V youni Vã€,「N no youni Vã€, 「N no youni Aã€,「V/N no youna Nã€,「 N no you (da)ã€. And the second mentioned sentence pattern has two patterns, namely 「N no youna Nã€and 「N no youni V (A)ã€. The 「V youni V〠pattern expresses the similarity meaning of the activity. The pattern 「N no youni Vã€expresses the meaning of similarity related to the activity of a person or object that is a concrete example. The pattern 「N no youni A〠expresses the meaning of the similarity of a condition or nature contained in a person or an object. The pattern 「V/N no youna N〠expresses the meaning of stating the similarity related to the activity or resemblance to an object being exemplified. The pattern 「N no you (da)〠means to express the similarity between an object and the object being exemplified. Then, the pattern 「N no youna N〠states the meaning of resemblance to the comparison between objects and objects. Meanwhile, the pattern 「N no youni V(A)〠expresses the meaning of similarity through comparisons expressed by verbs or adjectives with nouns. This study can be used as teaching material for understanding comparative sentences in Japanese.

Keywords: comparison sentences; hikyou; reiji; -you