Lesson 22
Hearsay & Inference
- 1 plain form + そうです plain form + sou desu Passing on what you heard Reporting what someone told you, or what you read, exactly as it came — "I hear that ~".
- 2 plain form + ようです plain form + you desu Guessing from what you can see Saying "it seems to be like this", based on your own eyes, ears and reasoning.
- 3 〜らしいです ~rashii desu Apparently / seems like Saying something you picked up somewhere but are not sure about — "apparently".
- 4 〜みたい / みたいに / みたいな ~mitai / mitai ni / mitai na The spoken "like / seems" The easy form that takes the place of ようです when you talk with friends — "seems like".
- 5 N + のように / のような N + no you ni / no you na Like, similar to Explaining one thing by comparing it to another thing everyone knows.
- 6 声 / 音 / におい / 味が します koe / oto / nioi / aji ga shimasu A sound, a smell or a taste occurs How to say what your ears, nose or tongue pick up directly.
- 7 情報の もと jouhou no moto Where the information came from The same fact takes a different form depending on how you came to know it.