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 ~".
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
「〜そうです」shows that the news is not yours — it came from someone else.
How to attach
- How to attach it: put そうです straight onto the plain form (普通形) of a verb or an い-adjective (降る → 降るそうです, おいしい → おいしいそうです).
- With な-adjectives and nouns the だ stays (大変だ → 大変だそうです, 病気だ → 病気だそうです).
- Tense and negatives go on the part in front (降らないそうです, 降ったそうです); そうです itself never changes — there is no そうでした and no そうじゃないです.
- To name where the news came from, put 〜に よると or 〜の 話では in front.
Versus what you know
- The big trap: the そうです of N4 Lesson 18 (how something looks) attached after dropping ます — 雨が 降りそうです = looking at the sky, it is about to rain; 雨が 降るそうです = I hear it will rain.
- Which to pick? Use そうです for something you heard or read; use ようです when you saw it yourself and worked it out.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
天気予報に よると、明日は 雨が 降るそうです。
てんきよほうに よると、あしたは あめが ふるそうです。
According to the weather forecast, it will rain tomorrow.
あの 店の ラーメンは おいしいそうです。
あの みせの ラーメンは おいしいそうです。
I hear the ramen at that shop is delicious.
この 仕事は 大変だそうです。
この しごとは たいへんだそうです。
I hear this job is tough.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
Which correctly says "I hear it will rain tomorrow"?
💡 Hint: Hearsay needs the plain form.
降る + そうです is hearsay. 降りそうです is what you say from looking at the sky.
How does 「大変だ」(tough) become hearsay?
💡 Hint: The だ of a な-adjective does not drop here.
大変だ + そうです = 大変だそうです. 大変そうです means "it looks tough".
Looking at the sky, it is about to rain — which do you say?
💡 Hint: You saw it yourself; nobody told you.
For how it looks, そう attaches after dropping ます: 降ります → 降りそうです.
Your score: /3