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そう (sou-2) - I hear that

--- Notes ---
see [looks/seems/heard-group] for similar examples

There are two connotations to sou
note the difference in verb ending

they say/i heard
雨が降るそうです
furu-sou
iku-sou
omoshiroi-sou
genki-da sou

[sou-2] looks like/seems
雨が降りそうです
furi-sou
omoshiro-sou
genki-sou

--- Examples ---
天気予報を聞いてたら雪が降るそうです。
When I listened to the weather forcast they reckoned it's going to snow.

電話したら彼はいないそうです。
Upon phoning, I was told that he wasn't there.

彼はいないのですかと聞いたらそうだといわれました。
When I asked if he was not there, I was told that it was so.

そうですか！
Is that so!

なんでそうやねん(Kansai Dialect)
Why so?

そうだと言ったんだよ！
I said it was so! (that way)