Phrases with Postposition O in Minna No Nihongo Shokyuu Textbook

Abstract

Postposition o or particle o has various syntaxes' roles and functions. This article discusses the role and function of syntaxes postposition of o in consonant phrases in Minna no Nihongo textbook. The type of this study is descriptive qualitative. The study was started with the literature review of the syntaxes' role and function and to make sure its existence in the textbook. Theoretically, o postposition in consonant phrases fills the position as an object in two roles which are as a patient and arrival. Meanwhile, the phrase with postposition o which completes the complement has two roles which are as displacement role and situation role. In the role stated the displacement role has three sub-roles, those are the place of displacement, the place of passage, and the place of abandonment. From those syntaxes roles, the unfound syntaxes role in Minna no Nihongo textbook is the role of the place until it fills the object space and the role of the situation that fills the complement space. The cause was hypnotized that those two roles are relatively rare to appear in Minna no Nihongo textbook.