14.II.1 比況·例示: Nのようです·Nみたいです [like N]

あのころはよく働いた。

I worked hard back then.

那個時候工作得很努力。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
あのころは	ano-koro-wa	modifiers	at that time
よく	yoku	modifiers	well
働いた	hatarai-ta	predicate	worked

It was just like a robot.

彷彿是機器人一樣。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
まるで	marude	-	just like
ロボットの	robotto no	modifiers	of a robot
ようだった。	you datta.	predicate	seemed (past tense)

That cloud looks just like a big piece of bread, doesn’t it?

那朵雲像是一個巨大的麵包呢。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
雲	kumo	subject	cloud
は	wa	particles	topic marker
まるで	marude	modifiers	just like
大きい	o-kii	modifiers	big
パン	pan	modifiers	bread
みたい	mitai	suffix	like, resembling
だ	da	predicate	is
ね	ne	particles	sentence-ending particle

I couldn’t do the laundry this week because the weather was bad.

這個星期天氣不好，不能洗衣服。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
この	kono	modifiers	this
1週間	isshuukan	modifiers	one week
天気	tenki	subject	weather
悪くて	waruku-te	modifiers	bad and
せんたく	se-n-taku	predicate	laundry
できませんでした	deki-mase-n-deshi-ta	verb conjugations	couldn’t do

I have a mountain of laundry.

洗衣物堆積如山。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
せんたくもの	sen-taku-mono	subject	laundry
が	ga	particles	subject marker
山のように	yama-no-yo—ni	modifiers	like a mountain
なってしまいました	na-t-te-shimai-mashi-ta	predicate	has become

Maria is like an older sister to everyone in the class.

瑪利亞小姐就像全班的姐姐一樣。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
マリアさんは	Maria-san wa	subject	Maria (topic marker)
クラスみんなの	kurasu minna no	modifiers	everyone in the class’s
お姉さんの	oneesan no	modifiers	older sister’s
ような	you na	modifiers	like
人です。	hito desu.	predicate	person

The small child suddenly burst into tears as if they were on fire.

小孩突然像着了火一樣哭了起來。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
小さい子ども	chi-sai-kodomo	subject	small child
が	ga	particles	subject marker
急に	kyu—ni	modifiers	suddenly
泣きました	naki-mashi-ta	predicate	cried