〜そうです~sou desu

Sou desu (〜そうです) means “hearsay; I hear that”.

明日あすasu雨あめameがga降るふるfuruそうsouです。ですdesu

I heard it will rain tomorrow.

Attach 「そうです」 to plain-form information to report something heard from another person or source.

In the course

How it works

Use “そうです” to mean “I hear” when passing on a forecast or something someone told you.
Put the information in the plain form, then add “そうです” directly. Keep all the endings shown in the picture.
Verbs connect in the plain form: change “降ります” to “降る”, then add “そうです”.
Keep the final い of an い-adjective. Add “そうです” directly to “おいしい” to say you heard it is delicious.
Keep だ with nouns and な-adjectives: add “そうです” after “学生だ” or “有名だ”.
If the information you heard is negative, use the negative plain form first, as in “降らないそうです”.
If what you heard happened in the past, use the past plain form first, as in “降ったそうです”.
The cake example passes on an opinion the speaker heard. “I hear it is delicious” does not mean the speaker has tasted it.

Level 0 · Conjugate
Change to plain form + そうです: “I hear …”. 普通形（＋そうです）
雑誌の記事によると、あの俳優が新しいドラマに（出ますでます）そうです。
Level 1 · Recognise
Which sentence is correct?
Level 1 · Recognise
Listen and choose the meaning
Level 2 · Build
Put the words in order
I heard that it will rain tomorrow.
Level 3 · Use
What goes in the blank?
雑誌の表紙を飾る人気ランキング 1 位の歌手が。
I heard the number-one singer on the popularity ranking, who graces the magazine cover, is the talk of the town.