Summary
In the previous Japanese Grammar episode, we talked about how to express reported speech and hearsay using ～そうだ, ～らしい, and ～んだって. This time, we discuss another meaning of ～そうだ and compare it with ～ようだ, which has a similar meaning to ～ようだ.
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💠 QUIZ
Think whether the following sentences are correct in the given situations.
🙆♂️-> Grammatically correct, and you can use the sentence in the given situation.
🙅♂️-> Grammatically correct, but you cannot use the sentence in the given situation.
X-> Grammatically incorrect
●You can find the English Translation after the quiz.
1.おいしそう！
【Situation】 You are looking at pasta in front of you.
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🙆♂️
2. おいしいようです。
【Situation】You are looking at pasta in front of you.
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🙅♂️
3. このレストランの料理はおいしそうです。
【Situation】There is a long queue in front of the restaurant.
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🙆♂️
4. このレストランの料理はおいしいようです。
【Situation】There is a long queue in front of the restaurant.
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🙆♂️
5. おねえさんは優しそうですね。
【Situation】You are looking at a family picture of your friend.
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🙆♂️
6. おねえさんは優しいようですね。
【Situation】You are looking at a family picture of your friend.
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🙅♂️
7. 会議が始まりそうです。
【Situation】You saw your colleagues going into a meeting room.
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🙆♂️
8. 会議が始まるようです。
【Situation】Your colleagues are going into a meeting room.
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🙆♂️
9. 雨がふりそうです。
【Situation】You are looking at the sky.
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🙆♂️
10. 雨がふるようです。
【Situation】You are looking at the sky.
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🙆♂️
11. あの子は泣きそうです。
【Situation】You are looking at a kid.
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🙆♂️
12. あの子は泣くようです。
【Situation】You are looking at a kid.
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🙆♂️
13. あの子は泣きたそうです。
【Situation】You are looking at a kid.
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🙆♂️
14. あの子は泣きたいようです。
【Situation】You are looking at a kid.
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🙆♂️
15. 彼女は忙しそうです。
【Situation】You are looking at your colleague.
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🙆♂️
16. 彼女は忙しいようです。
【Situation】You are looking at your colleague.
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🙆♂️
17. そのリンゴは甘そうです。
【Situation】You are eating an apple.
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🙅♂️
18. そのリンゴは甘いようです。
【Situation】You are eating an apple.
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🙅♂️
19. 彼は先生そうです。
X This sentence is grammatically incorrect.
20. 彼は先生のようです。
【Situation】You gathered information about him.
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🙆♂️
English Translation:
1. It looks delicious. / It seems delicious.
2. It seems delicious.
3. The food at this restaurant seems delicious.
4. The food at this restaurant seems delicious.
5. Your sister looks nice. / Your sister seems nice.
6. Your sister seems nice.
7. 8, It looks like the meeting is about to start.
7. 8. It looks like the meeting is about to start.
9.10. It looks like it’s going to rain.
11.12. It looks like the kid is going to cry.
11.12. That kid is about to cry.
13. 14. The kid looks like she wants to cry.
15. 16. She seems busy. / She looks busy.
17. The apple looks sweet.
18. The apple seems sweet.
19. X
20. He seems to be a teacher. / He looks like a teacher.
Note:
■～そうだ（souda）can be used in a variety of situations. You can guess by looking at appearances as well as facts and situations, whereas ～ようだcannot be used when you are just looking at the appearance. After considering one or some facts, you can make a guess using ～ようだ.
■ Verbs + ～そうだ、～ようだ
・彼は泣きそうだ： He is about to cry. / It seems that he will cry. (He is not crying now)
・彼は泣くようだ：He is about to cry. / It seems that he will cry. (He is not crying now)
・彼は泣いているそうだ（X）⇒Someone says he is crying. (hearsay)
・彼は泣いているようだ：He seems crying. (He is crying now)
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