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そう (sou) - Vm, Looks like

--- Notes ---
This form is

(Verb masu stem) + sou
降りそう
furisou
= seems it will rain

(i-Adj base) + sou
美味しそう
oishisou
= seems delicious

(na-Adj base) + sou
暇そう
himasou
= seems to have time

With negatives the -nai becomes -nasa：
降らなさそう
furanasasou
= seems like it won't rain

make sure to check [sou-2] for the difference between the two -sou
endings... i heard / it seems

= look; look like; appear; seem; feel like
-auxiliary adjective which indicates that what is expressed by the
preceding sentence is THE SPEAKER'S CONJECTURE concerning an event in the
future/ present state of someone/ sth (never a past state/event), BASED ON
WHAT THE SPEAKER SEES OR FEELS.
-used only when the speaker directly observes sth
-cannot be used to express the speaker's conjecture concerning a past
event/ state
-Noun/ Noun+ copula cannot precede sou da (in this case we use rashii), but
N+copula neg/nonpast can:
ex: a)* 加藤さんは学生そうだ。
　　b)*　加藤さんは学生だそうだ。=Mr　Katou looks like a
student.　
　　c)加藤さんは学生じゃなさそうだ。=Mr　Katou　doesn't
look like a student。
- in this construction, the negative form of verbs usually don't precede
sou da. Instead, Vmasu sou ni/ mo nai is used:
a) 彼は車を売りそうに・もない。＝ He doesn't seem to
sell his car.
　　b) この問題は学生は出来そうに・もない。= It doesn't
seem that the students can solve this problem.
-also used to express the speaker's conjecture concerning his own
non-volitional future actions based on what he feels:
a)僕はこのケーキを残しそうだ。＝I'm affraid I can't eat
all this cake.
　b)私はとても疲れていてたおれそうだ。=I'm so tired that
I feel weak (lit:like I'm falling down)
- sou da is a NA Adjective; the prenominal form is SOU NA:
a)　高そうな車＝a car which looks expensive/ an expensive-looking
car
b)雨が降りそうな空＝(lit:) the sky which looks like it will
bring rain


--- Examples ---
雪が降りそうですね。
Looks like it's going to snow doesn't it?

美味しそうなデザートですね。
Doesn't the dessert look delicious!

「起こしてくれればよかったのに」翌朝ロンが不機嫌そうにいった。
'You could have woken me up ...' Ron said the following morning in a grumpy
way.

この本は高そうです。
This book looks expensive

饂飩が美味しそう！何時食べられるの？
The udon looks delicious. When can we eat?

これは、食べられそうではありません。
This doesn't look like it's edible.

教室は静かそうだ。
The classroom seems quiet (to me).

雨が降りそうだ。
It seems (to me) that it will rain. (I say after I have looked at the sky
and saw clouds) sou