marude まるで

Conjunction or adverb meaning: entirely, (not) at all.

When used together with you よう or mitai みたい, marude まるで means ''as if'' or ''as though''.

1. Used with you よう
(you usually follows a clause + ka no)
彼はまるで何も知らないかのように話す。
Kare wa marude nani mo shiranai ka no you ni hanasu.
He talks as if he knows nothing at all.

2. Used with mitai よう
まるであなたがそれをしたみたいだ。
Marude anata ga sore o shita mitai da.
It sounds as though you had done it yourself.

3. Used as adverb
ここに書いてあることはまるで話にならない。
Koko ni kaite aru koto wa marude hanashi ni naranai.
What is written here is not at all worthy of discussion.
その文の意味がまるで分かりません。
Sono bun no imi ga marude wakarimasen.
I don't understand the meaning of the sentence at all.
-> See also: mattaku, mitai, you, you desu, zenzen