【JLPT N4 Grammar】〜そうです(be about to)

Explanation:〜そうです

Meaning
"It seems like something is about to happen"

Form
V(masu form)ます + そうです

JLPT Level
N4



Sample sentenes

あめが そうです
Its about to rain.

そろそろ あめが やみそうなので、 もうすこし ちましょう。
Its about to stop raining soon, so lets wait a little more.

テーブルから コップが そうです
That cup is about to fall down from the table.

ろうそくの が そうです
That candles fire is about to go out.

が たおそうです
That tree is about to fall down.

あ、ボタンが そうですよ
Oh, your button is about to come off.

あかちゃんが まれそうだ
My baby is about to be born.

もうすぐさくらの はなが そうですね。
Cherry blossoms are about to bloom soon.

ふくろが やぶけそうです
It seems like the paper bag is about time to be torn.

今にも こどもが 泣き出しそうです
It seems like the child is about to cry.

ガソリンがなくなりそうです
It seems like the gas is about to be empty.

ひもが切れそうです
It seems like the string is about to be broken.

Vocabulary

Japanese English
あめが やむ to stop raining
もうすこし a little more
おちる (something) drops
fire
たおれる to fall down
とれる to come off
あかちゃん baby
うまれる to be born
さく to bloom
やぶける to be torn
ガソリン gas
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