How to Say ‘It looks like it will fall’ in Japanese
降りそうです
furi sou desu
[foo-REE sou dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Swap the ます ending of a verb for そう to say something looks about to happen: 降ります becomes 降りそう. Snow and rain both use 降る "to fall".
Phrase Breakdown
降り
furi
[foo-REE]
fall (rain, snow)
Stem of 降る, used for precipitation falling from the sky.
雨が降りそうですね。
It looks like it will rain.
そう
sou
[sou]
seems like; looks like
Added to a verb stem to show something appears likely or seems that way.
この会社は自分に合いそうです。
This company seems like it would suit me.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.
少し伺いたいです。
I would like to ask a little.
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