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Message: [QUOTE="Zizka, post: 809297, member: 68216"] This is a follow-up to [URL='https://jref.com/threads/learning-japanese-through-translation.63494/page-9']this thread[/URL]. The original message is this one: [IMG]https://jref.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTxVNHzJ.png&hash=c5112499c2f007a08d46f5738ea8cab5[/IMG] * 「やみのきゅうでんの中よ一見　なにも　なさそうだけどこの部屋には　ヒミツが　ありそうね」 * Oh right, I made a mistake. I'll try again. 1. おいしい　is a い-adjective. 2. If it were the affirmative, I'd just remove the 「い」and add 「そう」as in: この漬物はおいしそう！ 3. Since it's the negative, however, I'd remove the 「い」and replace it with 「くない」: おいし[B][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]くない[/COLOR][/B] 4. Going to back to the 「そう」construction, I can now make the necessary modifications that I was supposed to do namely: おいしくな[S][B][COLOR=#ff0000]い[/COLOR][/B][/S]　to おいしく[B][COLOR=#00b300]なさそう[/COLOR][/B]. この漬物はおいしそう！ [I]This pickled vegetable looks good! これも[/I]結構よさそうだけど[...] [I]This one seems to be good...[/I] From what I gather, the adjective+そう pattern means "adj. looks something". If you mean in general, "we can use this grammar by simply attaching 「そう」to the end of verbs, and adjectives." GJG, p.224. In the case of 「なさそう」, the そう suffix is attached to ある：ある：affirmative ない: negative なそう：negative+そう In the DBJG, there are two entries for そう[B]だ[/B] but no entries for just そう by itself. There are two different meanings for そうだ： a. [I]hearsay [/I]p.407 b. "[I]an auxiliary adjective which indicates what is expressed by the preceding sentence is the speaker's conjecture concerning an event in the future or the present state of someone or something, based on what the speaker sees or feels[/I]" p.410 The masu stem of 「ある」 is 「あり」. 「ありそう」would therefore fit in the "conjecture" meaning of そうだ. There is no 「だ」in that sentence however: 「ありそうね」 so I'm unsure whether or not it would apply. Regarding the examples given: "Seems like" 高そうだ: it looks expensive 静かそうだ: it looks quiet vs "Hearsay" 高いそうだ: I heard that it's expensive 静かだそうだ: I heard that it's calm Those are the two different meanings of そう that I can pick up. Therefore in the case of ありそう, it'd be similar to: 話しそうだ [I]It looks like s.o. will talk[/I] ありそうだ [I]It appears to exist[/I] [/QUOTE]

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