好像 (it seems / as if)
An impression leaves room for error
- A person behaves as though they do not know the answer.
- 他好像不知道。 — The speaker has the impression that the person does not know.
An impression leaves room for error
- A person behaves as though they do not know the answer.
- he / him他as if好像not不to know知道。 — The speaker has the impression that the person does not know.
A person behaves as though they do not know the answer. What does 他好像不知道。 communicate?
The speaker has the impression that the person does not know. 好像 can also describe resemblance. In this inference use, the actual knowledge remains unconfirmed.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 好像 (it seems / as if). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
he他seems好像not不know知道。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is as if好像 (it seems / as if). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
he他seems好像not不know知道。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: He seems not to know: 他 ____ 不知道。
好像 + Clause = it seems: 他好像不知道.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 他好像不知道。: The speaker has the impression that the person does not know.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, he / him他as if好像not不to know知道。: The speaker has the impression that the person does not know.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Besides “it seems”, 好像 can also mean…
好像 can mark resemblance: 他好像他爸爸 (just like his dad).
Know the boundary
- 好像 can also describe resemblance.
- In this inference use, the actual knowledge remains unconfirmed.
Know the boundary
- as if好像 can also describe resemblance.
- In this inference use, the actual knowledge remains unconfirmed.
好像 softens a claim into an impression, not a hard fact.
Yes — “it seems / apparently”.
In the opening situation: The speaker has the impression that the person does not know.
好像 can also describe resemblance. In this inference use, the actual knowledge remains unconfirmed. The speaker has the impression that the person does not know.
Use the distinction
- The speaker has the impression that the person does not know.
- 好像 can also describe resemblance. In this inference use, the actual knowledge remains unconfirmed.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verbs.
Use the distinction
- The speaker has the impression that the person does not know.
- as if好像 can also describe resemblance. In this inference use, the actual knowledge remains unconfirmed.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verbs.