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sentence question again - cloudstrife543 - 2009-04-29
Just curious as to what the difference would be between these two sentences.
最近少し太っちゃったようだ。
最近少し太っちゃったみたいだ。
Thanks for your help again!
sentence question again - Nuriko - 2009-04-29
みたい comes off as more colloquial to me, but that's just a gut feeling. I've nothing whatsoever to back it up, sorry!
Overall, they're the same meaning. They just "feel" different. I'm sure someone else could answer it better XD;
sentence question again - mentat_kgs - 2009-04-29
I don't feel the need to translate the difference to English, nor think you should worry about.
sentence question again - albion - 2009-04-29
みたいだ is more informal, more of a spoken word, and in formal writing ようだ should be used.
sentence question again - Tobberoth - 2009-04-29
albion Wrote:みたいだ is more informal, more of a spoken word, and in formal writing ようだ should be used.This.
sentence question again - mystes - 2009-05-01
mentat_kgs Wrote:I don't feel the need to translate the difference to English, nor think you should worry about.Perhaps cloudstrife543 would accept an explanation in Japanese if you insist.
sentence question again - harhol - 2009-05-02
According to Jim Breen, 「みたいだ」 is colloquial whereas 「ようだ」 isn't.
Quite an important difference I'd say.