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No. 4,627 in Korean

같아요

"같아요" means "is similar" or "seems like."

In a sentence

  • 그 영화는 재미있어 보여서 재미있을 것 같아요.

    That movie looks interesting, so I think it will be fun.

    Here, '같아요' is used following '것' to convey a personal assumption or future prediction regarding the movie's enjoyment based on its appearance.

  • 우리 학교는 큰 것 같아요.

    I think our school is big.

    In this sentence, '같아요' is combined with '큰 것' to express the speaker's personal opinion or impression about the size of the school, emphasizing an inferred observation.

  • 저 사람은 친절한 사람인 것 같아요.

    That person seems to be kind.

    Here, '같아요' is used with '것' after the descriptive phrase to imply an assumption or impression about another person's character based on observable behavior.

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