N2 Grammar Course

Teacher

Marshall

Lesson 24: 〜げ

Usage:

Polite Form of Verb(drop the ます in the end) + げ
i-Adj (drop the い in the end) + げ
na-Adj + げ

Meaning:

「〜げ」means “looks like…”.
（the usage of xxげ is the same as na-Adj）

Examples:

彼女かのじょは何なにか言いいたげな顔かおをしてこちらを見みている。
She is looking here and it looks like that she wants to say something.

彼かれは得とく意いげな顔で、みんなにテストの結けっ果かを見みせた。
He showed us the test result with a smug look on his face.