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)
When to use it
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".
Meaning
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
- 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).
Versus what you know
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.
Watch out
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.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
田中さんは 風邪を ひいたようです。
たなかさんは かぜを ひいたようです。
Tanaka seems to have caught a cold.
部長は お酒が 好きなようです。
ぶちょうは おさけが すきなようです。
The department manager seems to like alcohol.
上の 部屋の 人は 学生のようです。
うえの へやの ひとは がくせいのようです。
The person in the room upstairs seems to be a student.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
Which 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