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.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
With 「〜ようです」the information did not come from anyone else — you saw it or heard it yourself and drew a conclusion from it. How to attach it: put ようです straight onto the plain form of a verb or an い-adjective (帰った → 帰ったようです, 高い → 高いようです). The だ of a な-adjective turns into な (好きだ → 好きなようです), and the だ of a noun turns into の (学生だ → 学生のようです). It is softer than そうです and is fine in a report at work, because it carries the feeling of "from what I saw, this is how it looks". Trap: leaving だ in place after a な-adjective or a noun is wrong — 学生だようです is out, 学生のようです is right. Which to pick? Use ようです for a conclusion you drew from evidence you saw yourself; use そうです when you are only passing on what someone told you.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
田中さんは 風邪を ひいたようです。
tanaka-san wa kaze o hiita you desu.
Tanaka seems to have caught a cold.
部長は お酒が 好きなようです。
buchou wa osake ga suki na you desu.
The department manager seems to like alcohol.
上の 部屋の 人は 学生のようです。
ue no heya no hito wa gakusei no you desu.
The person in the room upstairs seems to be a student.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
Question: 1/3Which is correct for 「病気だ」(ill) + ようです?
💡 Hint: 病気 is a noun, not a な-adjective.
The だ of a noun becomes の: 病気 + の + ようです.
Seeing the lights off, which says "he seems to have gone home"?
💡 Hint: You saw the evidence yourself, and the action is finished.
Plain past 帰った + ようです = a guess from what you saw.
You saw for yourself that Tanaka's desk is empty. Which sentence gives a conclusion you drew from what you saw?
💡 Hint: In the other three, the news came from someone else.
休み is a noun, so its だ becomes の — 休みのようです. It carries the feeling "I saw it and worked it out". そうです, らしいです and 聞きました all show the news came from someone else.
Your score: /3