nemure sō desu

Hi everybody

I don't understand the construction in lesson 3.5. To say "it seems i can sleep" they say "nemure sō desu" but I would have expected "nemureru sō desu". What is the construction of sō desu with a verb ?
Thank you

Olivier

Hi Abgueguen, this involves a similar grammar point as the 〜すぎる (~sugiru) question in another thread, so I thought I'd post the Tofugu link here too. The 〜そうです (~sō desu) (seems, hearsay)  uses the construction: Verb stem + そうです, so it's:

ねむれる (nemureru) - Potential form of to sleep, to be able to sleep
ねむれます (nemuremasu)- conjugated present, polite form
For ichidan ("ru") verbs, the ーます (-masu) ending is removed to form the stem: ねむれます (nemuremasu)
So the stem is: ねむれ (nemure)

https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/verb-stem-form-conjugation/

Thanks a lot Toru

Now I understand. I was not aware that the construction of "sō desu" was either the adjectif on its stem form or the verb on its stem form. Indeed stem form for nemuremasu is nemure therefore "nemure sō desu". Thank you so much again

Olivier

こんにちは (Konnichiwa) Abgueguen and toru e,

Thank you for your question! 

Just as toru e says, "seems like" uses the grammar construction そう　です (sō desu). 

When you use そう　です (sō desu) with the stem of a verb, you can express that something "seems like" or "looks like" it is about to happen. 

To find the stem of a verb, just remove the ます (masu). From there, simply add そう　です (sō desu). 

If you need a little practice on verb stems, you can check out this brand new lesson, which explains everything in far more detail!
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https://members.rocketlanguages.com/members/japanese/lessons/5044/2-6-making-sentences-with-verbs

The stem of ねむれます (nemuremasu) is ねむれ (nemure), so to say "seems like (I) can sleep," we say ねむれそう　です (nemuresō desu). 

When you use the plain form ねむれる (nemureru) with そう　です (sō desu), the meaning changes completely! 

When you use a verb in the plain form with そう　です (sō desu), you can express "hearsay," or something you have heard from someone.

So, if you said ねむれる　そう　です (nemureru sō desu), it would mean "apparently (you) can sleep."

It's easy to confuse these two, so be careful with this one!

I hope this helped. Please let me know if you have any more questions.

べんきょう　を　がんばって　ください！ (Benkyō o ganbatte kudasai!)

Thank you so much for the addition