サンダルみたいに履（は）きやすい。

サンドイッチみたいに、パンに挟（はさ）んだ。

私（わたし）はあの女（おんな）の人（ひと）みたいになりたい。

今日（きょう）は冬（ふゆ）みたいな天気（てんき）ですよね。

魚（さかな）みたいに泳（およ）ぎたい。

お金持（かねも）ちの人（ひと）みたいな生活（せいかつ）をしたい。

卵（たまご）みたいに割（わ）れやすい。

上手（じょうず）になりたいから、日本人（にほんじん）みたいに漢字（かんじ）ドリルで漢字（かんじ）を練習（れんしゅう）しています。

それは城（しろ）みたいな家（いえ）です。

山（やま）が砂（すな）みたいに崩（くず）れた。

こういちみたいに、日本語（にほんご）を教（おし）えたい。

<div class='writeup-body'>As learned in our previous lesson about みたい, it is a な-Adjective. This means that it can be used in conjunction with nouns, or with verbs. In each of these cases, it will carry the meaning of 'like (A)', or 'resembling (A)'. The difference between みたい describing a verb or a noun can be identified by whether it is followed by な (describes a noun), or に (describes a verb). Let's take a look at some examples.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>プロみたいに泳（およ）ぎたい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I want to swim like a professional.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>先生（せんせい）みたいになりたい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I want to be like my teacher.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>先生（せんせい）みたいな人（ひと）になりたい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I want to become someone like my teacher.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>関西（かんさい）みたいな所（ところ）に住（す）みたい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I want to live in a place like the Kansai region.</div></li></ul>This difference is important to know, as (B), the thing that みたい is describing, does not always come directly after みたい.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>彼（かれ）はイルカみたいに泳（およ）ぎたいと言（い）っている。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>He is saying that he wants to swim like a dolphin.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>彼（かれ）はイルカみたいに、早（はや）く泳（およ）ぎたいと言（い）っている。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>He is saying that he wants to swim fast like a dolphin.</div></li></ul>In the second example sentence, we can see that 泳（およ）ぐ (the verb that に is linked to), does not actually come until later in the sentence. This is quite a regular occurrence, especially in longer passages.<div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>Despite みたい meaning 'to resemble', and being based on (usually) visual stimulus, it should not be confused with 見（み）たい 'to want to see'. This is a common mistake that learners make, as みたい itself does not have a kanji form.</div></div>

Grammar Info

みたいに

Like, Similar to, Resembling