そうです
sōdesu

Interjection

1. that is so; that is right; it looks to me; that's my impression

Polite
くれるのではなく、貸与 たいよだそうです。
kureru nodewanaku taiyoda sōdesu.
Apparently they aren't given, but loaned.
Expression

2. people say that; it is said that; I hear that

Polite
新聞 しんぶんによれば、首相 しゅしょうがガンで くなったそうです。
shimbunni yoreba shushōga gande nakunatta sōdesu.
The newspaper reports the prime minister has died of cancer.