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| your name | Negative can also be formed by +ve そう followed by
ではありません (etc.)
美味しそうじゃないよ！ "It doesn't look tasty!" | |
| Amatuka | Vm = Verb -masu base
降る→降ります→降り | |
| Amatuka | Possibly the '不機嫌そう' use in the example is another way of distinguishing between what you can actually know (whether somebody sounds grumpy) vs what only they know (how they feel). | |
| dc | Appparently the ending can be used to connotate both heard and seems:
負けるそう
makeru-sou desu
= I heard he will lose
負けそうです
make-sou
= seems he will lose | |
| dc | 来るそう = I heard he will come
きそう = it seems he will come | |
| KotatsuSama | watch out with きそう, it sounds too close to くそ | |
| Miki | hmm Do you mean くそ is the one「きそう、(-.-;) くる、くる I have to go to the bathroom」? Or くそ！くそっ！ Both are the same in English, too でしょ？ | |
| Miki | ex# KS is too good at Kanji. Usually we use うどん.
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| bamboo4 | In the real world, nobody would confuse between 来そう and くそ. | |
| yookoso | I added a See Also to よう...
Unless I am mistaken if you want to use a noun, you use N + のよう (e.g. 先生のよう).
But, for a negative you use N + ではなさそう (e.g. 先生ではなさそう)
Also, somewhere I read that the negative for a verb is V (ます form) + そうもありません NOT the そう followed by ではありません mentioned in the first comment. Is this true?
As for V-tai form I think たい acts like A1 adjective.
いい uses よい instead (e.g. よさそう / よくなさそう)
Finally, note that そう acts as な-adj (you can probably guess this from the examples but I thought I would state it explicitly).
Any corrections very welcome... | |
| Miki | そう followed by ではありません can be used. I added eg.
What is A1 adjective?
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| anon | ex# I think これは食べられそうではありません。is fine.
When 思いません is followed, これは食べられるとは思いません。would be better. | |
| Neale | One more rule/example:
If you want to say いい + そう (looks good)
then you need to use よさそう
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| seanolan | Beware forming this construction with かわいい （可愛い）. かわいそう（可哀相） does not mean "looks cute", but "pathetic" or "pitiful", as my friend managed to find out to his chagrin. | |
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