"The mother seems busy."

Translation: 어머니는 바쁘게 보인다.

[ihewit]

So 바쁘다 becomes an adverb that modifies 보인다? Is this the structure for all times when you want to say, "[Subject] seems [adjective]" ?

[wintertriangles]

바빠 보이다 sounds more natural. When you want to say something looks (in the sense of "seems") you conjugate the verb and add 보이다. 학생은 피곤해 보여요 - the student looks tired.

When you want to say seems (in more figurative ways) you have a different structure. You add ~은/는/을 것 to the verb (for past, present, or future tense) and 같다. 이 보드게임은 어려운 것 같아요. - This board game seems difficult.

엄마가 밖에 간 것 같아요 - it seems like mom went out. / 엄마가 밖에 가는 것 같아요 - it seems like mom is going out. / 엄마가 밖에 갈 것 같아요 - it seems like mom will go out.

[pQpQrOPY]

are you psychic or something? You always seem to answer my question before I ask! Thanks ... have another lingot!

[mintyzaki]

no, -게 보이다 is an alternate form with the same meaning, however i would say -아/어/해 보이다 is more commonly used. these are only for use with adjectives based upon observation of the subject

[raemation]

I think you could also use 바쁜것 같다

[corwinspyre]

Yes, this is how you say. However, there are a bunch of grammatical structures of this sort.