成Time and change
Becoming
Describe a change: something stops happening, comes to happen, or you choose to make something a certain way.
Change patterns
Which fits?
| Pattern | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ~なくなる | stops, no longer | 食べなくなる |
| ~ようになる | comes to, is now able to | 食べるようになる |
| ~ないようになる | gradually stops | 食べないようになる |
| Noun + にする | decides on | コーヒーにする |
~なくなる
It's no longer the case
I've stopped watching TV lately.
My eyes are bad, so I can't read now.
I'm not sleepy anymore.
He's no longer a student.
~ようになる
It's now the case
I've become able to ride a bike.
My son has started eating vegetables.
This door is set up to open automatically.
~ようになっている stresses the current state.
Sudden or gradual?
Two ways to say “stopped”
The light stopped working.
Can be sudden.
He gradually stopped coming.
Sounds more gradual.
~にする
Deciding on something
I'll have coffee.
Choosing at a restaurant.
We decided on Monday for the next meeting.
Which will you have?
A compare
~ようになる vs. ~ことになる
~ようになる is a change of state: you've started doing something. ~ことになる is about an arrangement: “it's been decided that”. You'll see the second one soon.
Check yourself
What kind of change is it?
Your turn
に or く?
The room got clean.
Say it yourself
How you've changed
A friend you haven't seen in years asks how you've been. You can now read Japanese, you've stopped smoking, and you're ordering tea.
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