CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Method
The fundamental technique of comparative linguistics is to compare phonological systems, morphological systems, syntax and the lexicon of two or
more languages using a technique known as the comparative method. In this case the writers want to compare two related language; English and Spanish.
In writing this thesis, I use descriptive qualitative method. Nawawi 1991: 31 says that descriptive method can be defined as the procedure of solving problem
that investigated by describe the situation of the subjectobject of the research.
3.2 Data Collecting Method
In accomplishing the analysis, I need to select the perfect approach to be applied in order to gain the target. The result of research is fact and principles, so
methodology research can be defined as a way of efforts which of systematic and objective that has goal or to collect the accurate, efficient, relevant and reliable
information. Prior to completing this study, I apply library research by using relevant
theories to support my study from written sources such as textbooks, thesis, and other reference. Nawawi 1991:30 says that library research is a research done by
collecting data from many kinds of literature, whether in the library or any other
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places. . I collected some theories and information about tenses of the languages both English and Spanish to be compared from many books and references, and
other materials, including the internet.
3.3 Data Analysis Method
In writing this thesis, I use qualitative method, so in analyzing the data, first I collect the data from textbook, e-book, and any other sources. Then I
descript the data in a chapter. After that I put the analysis into table, to make the comparison between the two languages easier to understand.
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CHAPTER IV
THE COMPARISON BETWEEN ENGLISH AND SPANISH SIMPLE PAST TENSE AND PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
The Analysis:
ENGLISH SPANISH
In English Tenses, Past Tenses consist of some kinds, they are:
a. Simple Past Tense
b. Past Continuous Tense
c. Past Perfect Tense
d. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
e. Past Future Tense
f. Past Future Continuous Tense
g. Past Future Perfect Tense, and
h. Past Future Continuous Tense.
4.1 Form of Simple Past Tense and Past Continuous Tense
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