It seems that A
9
太郎君はニコニコと為て、何かいい事が有ったと見える。
Taro is grinning, it seems that something good happened.
0
0
最近の彼女は忙しそうで少し疲れて居ると見える。
She's looked busy lately, and she seems to be tired.
0
Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
驚いたと見える (must have been surprised)
悔しいと見える (it seems mortifying)
Where this grammar is found
Grammar usage notes
I found this grammar point in one of my textbooks as well but could not find it in any of my grammar dictionaries. The key difference was that the textbook did not cover と. In my textbook it states that な-adj should be followed with に and い-adj should change to their く-form. Because I was curious as to what the differences might be I asked a Japanese teacher, also my wife haha. She stated the use of と gives a strong feeling of 'seems'. If you use the other forms it is much lighter sense of seems and can be interchanged with みたい。She said if she were to give percents as to how plausible the 'seems' is for being true it would be about 90% for the use of と and maybe 60-70% for the use of に or く.
According to some native Japanese speakers, this particular expression is awkward and obsolete in daily conversation. ~ように見える is much more natural.
Questions/Discussion
Nothing posted yet!
Discussion about this grammar
This section has been archived, and no new posts can be added. Please use the discussion form(s) above.
No comments have been written. Users can ask questions or talk about this grammar.