Seems Like (-는 듯하다)

-는 듯하다 expresses the speaker's impression or guess about a situation. It's softer and more literary than -ㄴ 것 같다: 그 사람이 아는 듯했어요 (It seemed like that person knew). The form 듯이 (as if) is also common: 모르는 듯이 행동했어요 (They acted as if they didn't know).

Modifier rules apply: -는 듯하다 for present action verbs, -(으)ㄴ 듯하다 for adjectives and past tense, -(으)ㄹ 듯하다 for future/conjecture. The future form -(으)ㄹ 듯하다 means 'it looks like it will': 비가 올 듯해요 (It looks like it's going to rain).

This pattern is common in both written and spoken Korean, particularly in literary writing and careful speech. It sounds more refined than 것 같다.