〜ように思う~ you ni omou

How it works

1. 

   The wallet is missing. You vaguely remember taking it out at the kiosk, but the memory is not very clear.

2. 

   It can also express your own feeling or opinion: “It seems to me that…,” with a softer tone.

3. 

   Attach 「ように思う」 to the plain form of a verb, as in 「持っていたように思います」.

4. 

   When recalling a place in the past, use 「だった」 after the noun, as in 「売店だったように思います」.

5. 

   “I still had it after getting off the train” is also a vague memory. It does not establish where the wallet was lost.

Example sentences

• 財布さいふsaifuをo出しただしたdashitaのnoは、わ、wa、売店ばいてんbaitenだったように思います。だったようにおもいます。dattayouniomoimasu。

  I think that it was at the shop that I took out my wallet.

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In a conversation

• A
  財布さいふをなくしたのはわホームほーむですか。

  A: Did you lose your wallet on the platform?

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• B
  ホームほーむではわなく、売店ばいてんの
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Check yourself

1. Level 1 · Recognise

   Which sentence is correct?

   A資料館の順路は、右から左に進む形になっていたように思います。B資料館の順路は、右から左に進む形になっていたと思います。C資料館の順路は、右から左に進む形になっていたように思う。D資料館の順路は、右から左に進む形になっていたように思いました。

2. Level 1 · Recognise

   Listen and choose the meaning

   AI think the stone steps up to the observation deck were fairly steep.BI think the stone steps up to the observation deck were quite long.CI think the stone steps up to the observation deck were quite slippery.DI think the stone steps up to the observation deck were quite narrow.

3. Level 2 · Build

   Put the words in order

   I think the place where I took out my wallet was the shop.

   ように出したのは、財布を売店だったたしかそこで思います。
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4. Level 3 · Use

   What goes in the blank?

   財布を出したのは、売店だった____。

   I think I took out my wallet at the shop.

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More grammar in this theme

• 〜ように思うseem; I think

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