Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 46. ようだ
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Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 46. ようだ (you da)
Here is Japanese N4 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 textbook.
ようだ
1. Structure:
[noun / verb / い-adjective / な-adjective] in the noun-modifying form + ようだ
2. Meaning: “It seems”; “apparently”; “it looks like” (expressing a guess, not very certain)
部屋の電気がついている。アリさんは部屋にいるようだ。
Heya no denki ga tsuite iru. Ari-san wa heya ni iru yōda.
The light in the room is still on. It seems Ari is in.
田中さんは歌が好きなようです。よく歌っています。
Tanaka-san wa uta ga sukina yōdesu. Yoku utatte imasu.
Mr Tanaka seems to love singing. He sings all the time.
「この地図を見てください。駅はここからあまり遠くないようですよ」
`Kono chizu o mite kudasai. Eki wa koko kara amari tōkunai yōdesu yo’
Look at this map. It seems the station is not far from here.
「このノート、だれのでしょうか」「テイさんのノートのようですよ」ここにT と書いてありますから。
`Kono nōto, dare nodeshou ka’`Tei-san no nōto no yōdesu yo’ koko ni T to kaite arimasukara.
Whose notebook is this? – It seems to be Tei’s, there is a T written here.
のどが痛い。かぜをひいたようだ。
Nodo ga itai. Kaze o hīta yōda.
My throat really hurts. I seem to have caught a cold.
「オウさん、このごろやせたようですね。どうしたのですか」
`Ō-san, konogoro yaseta yōdesu ne. Dō shita nodesu ka’
Mr Ou, you seem to have lost weight lately. What is wrong?