به نظر می‌رسد که

It Seems and It Turns Out

Level 4

To say how a person looks, put the adjective in front: مادرم امروز خسته به نظر می‌رسد. (My mother looks tired today.)

How It Works

Use به نظر می‌رسد که when you judge from what you see or hear: به نظر می‌رسد که امشب برف می‌بارد. (It seems that it will snow tonight.)

PatternExample
به نظر می‌رسد که + a sentenceبه نظر می‌رسد که امشب برف می‌بارد.
an adjective + به نظر می‌رسداو امروز خسته به نظر می‌رسد.
به نظرم می‌رسد کهبه نظرم می‌رسد که این راه نزدیک‌تر است.
معلوم می‌شود که + a sentenceاز چهرهٔ مادرم معلوم می‌شود که خوشحال است.
معلوم شد که + a sentenceمعلوم شد که دکان بسته است.

In the first pattern, می‌رسد stays the same, because "it" is the situation. When a person or a thing is the subject, می‌رسد agrees with it: من خسته به نظر می‌رسم, آن‌ها خسته به نظر می‌رسند.

You can put an ending on نظر to show whose view it is: به نظرم (to me), به نظرت (to you), به نظرش (to him or her).

معلوم می‌شود که says "it is clear that". In the past, معلوم شد که says "it turned out that": the answer arrived after a while. Use به نظر می‌رسد for a guess, and معلوم می‌شود for something that the signs have already shown.

After که, use an ordinary verb, such as می‌بارد or شده است.

Examples (5)

  1. به نظر می‌رسد که امشب برف می‌بارد.

    It seems that it will snow tonight.

    The sentence after که keeps its ordinary verb می‌بارد.

  2. او امروز خسته به نظر می‌رسد.

    She looks tired today.

    The adjective خسته comes before به نظر می‌رسد, and می‌رسد agrees with او.

  3. به نظرم می‌رسد که این راه نزدیک‌تر است.

    It seems to me that this way is shorter.

    The ending ـم on نظر means "to me".

  4. از چهرهٔ مادرم معلوم می‌شود که خوشحال است.

    You can tell from my mother's face that she is happy.

    معلوم می‌شود که says that the signs make it clear.

  5. بعد از چند روز معلوم شد که پولم را در جیب پیراهنم جا گذاشته بودم.

    After a few days it turned out that I had left my money in my shirt pocket.

    معلوم شد که says that the answer came out later; the verb after که is the past perfect.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting the adjective after the phrase, as English does.

    مادرم امروز به نظر می‌رسد خسته.
    مادرم امروز خسته به نظر می‌رسد.

    In Dari the adjective comes first, and the verb می‌رسد closes the sentence.

  • Leaving می‌رسد in the "it" form when a person is the subject.

    من خسته به نظر می‌رسد.
    من خسته به نظر می‌رسم.

    When a person is the subject, می‌رسد takes that person's ending.

How It Connects

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به نظر می‌رسد کهLevel 4It Seems and It Turns Out

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The clause joins with که, as after a thought.

Words in This Pattern

کهنظر