耳の そう /Hearsay, I heard that. plain form そうです。I heard that. TIP: mnemonic : it's easy to repeat information you've heard and it uses the easiest grammar (plain form). 目の そう /It looks like. The meaning changes slightly between verbs and adjectives. １．Verbs V- ます そう です "it looks like [something] will" : use when making a supposition about a future state based on direct observation of the present state. 今にも雨が降り そう です。 Can also be used with negatives : V ないform[ い ]そう 勉強し なそう ( He/she doesn’t look like they would study). Another way to say a negative supposition is using the V- ます そうもない/ そうにない / そうにもない form which conveys the meaning that it "is very unlikely to"; "shows no sign of"; "doesn't look like it will" . Use に when is it objective (can be broadly agreed by many people), も when it is subjective, and にも when it is a subjective supposition that is made with a higher degree of certainty. ２．Adjectives For adjectives the mea