Lesson 77
Ta Form + rashii
Just as mitai is often used colloquially as the informal substitute for you desu (Lesson 47), rashii is often used as the informal substitute for sou desu (Lesson 42), meaning "It seems that...," "I hear that...," etc. Rashii was not introduced in the Base 3 group, but it does essentially the same thing as Base 3 + sou desu:
- Takada-san wa yameru sou desu. (I heard that Mr. Takada's quitting.)
- Tanaka-san wa yameru rashii. (I heard that Mr. Takada's quitting.)
Desu is usually used after sou, making it more formal than rashii. Yes, you can make it plain by using da instead of desu, but most native speakers will just use rashii if they want to be informal. According to the books, desu can added after rashii to make it polite, but I personally have never heard it.
Now that all the explaining is out of the way, let's get back to the Ta Form and make some plain past examples:
- Sachiko wa Canada ni itta rashii. (I hear that Sachiko went to Canada.)
- Bob wa daibun futotta rashii. (I hear that Bob has gained a lot of weight.)
- Ken wa atarashii PC o katta rashii. (I hear that Ken bought a new PC.)
That's all there is to it.
Word Check
daibun: considerably; to a great degree
futoru: to gain weight
atarashii: new
(Verbs are shown in their plain form.)
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