How to Say ‘It looks like it's going to rain tomorrow.’ in Japanese
明日は雨みたいですよ。
ashita wa ame mitai desu yo
[ah-shee-tah wah AH-meh mee-TAI dess yo]
Phrase Breakdown
明日は
ashita wa
tomorrow (topic)
明日 (ashita) means 'tomorrow'. The 'i' in 'shi' is nearly silent. は is read 'wa'.
明日は休みです。
Tomorrow is a day off.
Words in this phrase
明日
ashita
[ah-shee-tah]
tomorrow
The day after today.
明日のコンサートに行きます。
I am going to tomorrow's concert.
は
wa
[wah]
topic marker
は marks the topic of the sentence.
空席はありますか。
Are there any seats available?
雨みたいですよ。
ame mitai desu yo
it seems it'll rain, you know
みたい (mitai) means 'seems'. よ (yo) gives the listener new information. Say 'ame mitai desu yo'.
今日も雨みたいですよ。
It seems it'll rain today too.
Words in this phrase
雨
ame
[AH-meh]
rain
A noun for rain; with です it means 'it will be rainy'.
明日は雨です。
Tomorrow it will rain.
みたい
mitai
[mee-TAI]
seems; apparently
Casual ending meaning something appears to be the case, e.g. from a forecast.
週末は晴れみたいです。
It seems it will be sunny this weekend.
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.
よ
yo
[yo]
you know
Particle used for emphasis or to assert information.
わかるよね。
You know, right?
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