THE IMPERATIVE SENTENCE IN DOLOKSANGGUL TOBA BATAK LANGUAGE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47313/pujangga.v2i2.389Abstract
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the research “The Imperative Sentence in Doloksanggul Toba Batak Language” is to find out the
kinds of the imperative sentence structure and the characteristics of the imperative sentence between Toba Batak
language in general and Toba Batak Doloksanggul. The theory is about kinds of sentence, especially imperative
sentence. The imperative sentence also be called as a command sentence. Besides as a command sentence,
imperative sentence also used to say request, prohibition that can be formed in a sentence. These sentences can be
found in every language such as in Indonesian, the language of the tribes as well as foreign languages. Every
language has characteristics itself, such as in Doloksanggul Toba Batak language in North Sumatera, Indonesia.
Batak language Doloksanggul has differences with the Batak language is generally. The characteristics of
imperative sentences in Doloksanggul Toba Batak language has differences. The differences can be found in the
structure, the using of particle, and the using of vocabularies. The descrptive analysis method was used in this
research. The analysis is taken from the interview for collecting the information. The result is the differences of
imperative sentence characteristics between Toba Batak language in general and Doloksanggul Batak Toba are
Keywords: types of imperative sentence, characteristics of imperative sentence,
Doloksanggul Toba Batak language.
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