Pernahkah kalian kebingungan saat menggunakan same, like, dan similar ?
Sebenarnya, arti dari same, like, dan similar itu tidaklah jauh berbeda. Jika dilihat pada kamus, ketiga-tiganya akan berarti “sama”, “mirip”, atau “seperti”. Nah, karena artinya yang sama, maka muncullah pertanyaan-pertanyaan seperti berikut:
- Apa makna dari same, like, dan similar?
- Apa perbedaan dari the same, the same as, like, alike, dan similar to?
- Bagaimana cara menggunakan the same, the same as, like, alike, dan similar to?
Baiklah, untuk menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut, silahkan simak baik-baik penjelasannya dibawah ini ya!
baca juga: Penggunaan (the) same (as); Similar (to); Different (from)
The same and the same as
The same dan the same as memiliki arti “sama” atau “seperti”. Kedua kata ini digunakan untuk membandingkan minimal dua hal yang memiliki kesamaan atau kemiripan 100% atau sama persis.
Untuk cara penggunaan the same dan the same as, kira-kira seperti pada formula dibawah ini:
- noun + and + noun + verb + the same
Contohnya:
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- Your shirt and my shirt are the same
- Our chance and their chance were the same
- That house and your house are the same
- You and I have the same job
- noun + verb + the same as + noun
Contohnya:
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- You have the same shirt as me
- Your shirt is the same as my shirt
- Our chance is the same as their chance
- That house is the same as your house
- You have the same job as I do
- Your Job is the same as my job
like, alike, and similar to
like, alike, dan similar to digunakan untuk menyatakan dan menunjukkan dua hal atau lebih memiliki kesamaan atau kemiripan. Kesamaan dan kemiripan tersebut tidaklah harus 100% sama, berbeda dengan the same dan the same as yang harus sama persis 100%.
Untuk cara penggunaan like, alike, dan similar to, kira-kira seperti pada formula dibawah ini:
- noun + be + like + noun
Contohnya:
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- Your bike is like my bike
- Your shirt is like my shirt
- Your job is just like mine
- Her cooking is like her mother’s cooking
- noun + be+ similar to + noun
Contohnya:
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- Your shirt is similar to my shirt
- Our chance is similar to their chance
- That shoes is similar to your shoes
- Your car is similar to my car
- Your food is similar to my food
- noun + verb + alike
Contohnya:
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- Your shirt and my shirt are alike
- The two brothers are alike
- Their dress are alike
- His car and my car are alike
- Our job are alike
Begitulah perbedaan dan persamaan penggunaan the same, the same as, like, alike, dan similar to.
Sekian dulu.