and
after a verb's ます-stem say that something shows no sign of happening: "unlikely to", "doesn't look like it will". They are the negative of the "looks like it will"
, and the speaker has usually given up hoping.
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The rain shows no sign of stopping.
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There's no way this work will be finished today.
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She's still angry and shows no sign of forgiving me.
The two mean the same. も makes そうもない a little more emphatic, and combines both. The polite forms are and .
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The traffic is terrible; we're not going to get there on time.
When the subject is you and the question is whether you can manage, the verb goes into the potential form first. The plain verb would say you are not likely to choose to.
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With this much, I don't think I can eat it all.
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I don't think I'll be able to make tomorrow's meeting.
- × 明日の会議には行きそうにない → 明日の会議には行けそうにない
そうにない or なさそう
follows the ない-form and says how things look right now: "doesn't look like". そうにない says something will not happen, with more certainty.
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It doesn't look like it'll rain today.
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This rain isn't going to stop.
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