〜そうだ（様態）

Formationverb stem or adjective stem + そうだ

This そう reports your own impression from looking at something: it looks delicious, he seems about to fall. It attaches to a stem, not to a finished clause, and that one difference is what tells it apart from the hearsay そうだ. いい and ない become よさそう and なさそう.

Examples

〜そうだ（様態） is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

1. これらの小道具こどうぐは役に立ちやくにたちそうにない。

   These gadgets seem to be of no use.

2. 彼かれの家いえは今いまにもつぶれそうなしろものだ。

   His house is a tumbledown affair.

3. その大学だいがくの学長がくちょうは辞職じしょくしそうである。

   The president of the university is likely to resign.

4. 彼かれの体からだつきはいかにも強つよそうだった。

   His body showed every mark of his strength.

5. 毎朝まいあさとても楽たのしそうだけど。

   You look on top of the world every morning.