It looks that/ It looks like…
• This expression is used when speaker’s
supposition, what is/was going to happen
next judged by what the speaker sees or
feels
• Express a judgement from its appearance
• You are actually seeing what it is going to
happen
そうです
• With verbs…
– You need ‘verb stem’
• With い adjectives…
– Take い off
• With な adjectives…
– You can attach it straight away
Careful with いい/な
い (negative form)
→よさそう
→おもしろくなさそう
→げんきじゃなさそう
There are 2 ways of making this form to negatives. Meanings don’t change much, but first
form is making a judgement more intuitively but second way is to cancel out what others said.
おもしろくなそう→おもしろくなさそう・おもしろそうではない/じゃない
* With verbs – again, there are 2 ways of negative forms like adjectives. さ is inserted more
but you don’t need to have it either. 来そうにない、来そうもない、来そうにもない are to
express your opposite feeling to what others may have said.
来ない→来な(さ)そう→来そうにもない、しない→しなさそう→しそうにもない (There is a case
which omit either に or も. When you have both にも you express a stronger feeling of
negation.)
練習 P149 ex1
例:荷物が落ちそうです。
1. えだが折れそうです。
2.ひもが切れそうです。
3.ボタンが取れそうです。
4.木が倒れそうです。
今にも
今にも
今にも
今にも
You can put 今にも at the
beginning of the
sentence or after the
subject.
行きます・来ます
• When the verb 行く and 来る are combined
with other verb, these verbs mean a
process of the action.
• Verb stem + に 行く – go and do something
• て-form + 来る – go and do something,
then come back again
行って来ます
行って来ます is also used when you go somewhere
and then come back.
出かけて来ます is used often when you don’t
specify where you are going or not specifying what
you do.
ちょっとそこまで出かけてきます。
ボブ:It looks like cherry blossoms may bloom(さく) soon. (もうすぐ)
ルーシー:yes, they are. Would you like to do a flower viewing
next Saturday?(花見)
ボブ:Sounds good. It will be just (ちょうど) right timing because
Saturday looks like getting warm.
ルーシー:I am going to make packed lunch. Please (come and)
buy some drinks, Bob.
ボブ:OK. That’s easy because I don’t need to make packed lunch.
What kind of packed lunch are you going to make for us?
ルーシー:I think I will do Thai food.
ボブ:Thai… it sounds (seems) spicy.
ルーシー:It is going to be OK. I am not good at spicy food too so I
will cook something which are not very spicy.
ボブ:Are you? That is good.
(At the flower viewing)
Bob: Wow! It looks tasty! It does look so delicious packed lunch, doesn’t
it? Oh, I’ve bought some sake too.
ルーシー:It looks like we will be drunk if we drink loads.
ボブ:Maybe. Let’s drink with caution (while being careful).