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今日きょうは 晴はれ に 成なっ た ね 。 
It got sunny today.
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病 気 に 成 っ た の で 、 ク ラ ス を 休 み ま し た 。 
I became sick and was absent from a class.
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子 供 の 頃 、 歌 手 に 成 り た か っ た で す 。 
I wanted to become a singer when I was a child.
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将 来 医 者 に 成 る 積 も り だ 。 
I plan to be a doctor in the future.
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弟 か ら の 手 紙 を 読 ん だ 後 で 悲 し く 成 っ た 。 
I became sad after I read the letter from my little brother.
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昨日 は 食 べ す ぎ て お 腹 が 痛 く 成 り ま し た 。 
Yesterday I ate too much so my stomach hurt.
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ペ プ シ を 沢 山 飲 む と 元 気 に 成 る よ ！ 
If you drink a lot of Pepsi, you'll become really energetic.
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彼 女 は お 酒 を 飲 み す ぎ る と 、 顔 が 真っ赤 に 成 る 。 
When she drinks too much alcohol, her face turns completely red.
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日 本 人 と 良 く 話 を し た り 聞 い た り 為 れ ば 、 日 本 語 は も っ と 上 手 に 成 る で し ょ う ？ 
If you talk and listen with Japanese people a lot, your Japanese will get better, right?
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その 様 に 勉 強 し 続 け た ら 直 ぐ に 上 手 に 成 る で し ょ う ？ 
If you continue to study like that, soon you'll get really good, right?
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今年 の 夏 は 暑 く 成 る だ ろ う ね 。 
It seems like it's going to be hot during summer this year.
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１２ 時 に 成 り ま し た 。 昼 ご 飯 を 食 べ ま し ょ う 。 
It is 12 o'clock. Let's eat lunch.
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お 母 さ ん が 直 ぐ 良 く 成 る と い い で す ね 。 
I hope that your mother will get well soon.
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其 の 少 女 の 声 は 段 々 弱 く 成 り ま し た 。 
The girl's voice became weaker and weaker.
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其 の 葉 は 秋 に 赤 く 成 る 。 
The leaves turn red in the fall.
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空 は 益 々 暗 く 成 っ た 。 
The sky grew darker and darker.
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段 々 暖 か く 成 り ま す 。 
It will get warmer and warmer.
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め っ き り 春 ら し く 成 っ た 。 
It became quite spring-like.
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空 が 明 る く 成 り 、 雨 が 止 ん だ 。 
The sky brightened and the rain stopped.
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空 は 段 々 暗 く 成 っ た 。 
The sky became darker and darker.
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空 気 が 暖 か く 成 っ た 。 
The air became warm.
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最 近 虫 が 多 く 成 っ た 。 
Recently the worms increased.
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俺 は 何時 か 英 雄 に 成 っ て 遣 る 。 
I'll be a hero for you one day.
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来 月 で ３０ 歳 に 成 り ま す 。 
I'll be 30 years old next month.
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何時 か 先 生 に 成 り た い 。 
I want to become a teacher one day.
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もう 直 ぐ 5 時 に 成 る 。 
It'll be 5 o'clock soon.
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祖 母 は 来 年 百 歳 に 成 る 。 
My grandmother will turn 100 years old next year.
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Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Aい-adjective -い く
 
ANoun に
 
Aな-adjective に
 
 
なる
Basic Examples:
忙しく成る (to become busy)

良くなる (become good)

先生に成る (become a teacher)

奇麗に成る (become pretty)

Where this grammar is found


Grammar usage notes

名詞／形容動詞 + に + なる
形容詞 (い taken out) + く + なる
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ethanych
Level: 2

Questions/Discussion

Is it ok to use になります instead of になる?
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elbatrofmoc
Level: 351
なる is the casual/dictionary form of the verb. なります is the -masu stem form of the verb and absolutely can be used
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ポテトヲ
Level: 35

Discussion about this grammar
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Gaicha
Level: 1
For い adjectives you forget to mention that you have to switch the い for く。
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17 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 310
I see a red い with the word 'remove' under it - can you see that? Maybe it's not appearing for you..
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17 years ago
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フランク
Level: 4
I can see the "remove" under the "i", but I misread it too at first. Maybe there is a way to make the "remove" more prominent? Maybe by putting it in a box or something like that. If you don't know you have to look for something, it's easy to miss.
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17 years ago
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フランク
Level: 4
Just found there are some typos in construction examples of the な-adjectives. It should be げんきになる instead of げんきにになる and it should be also きれいになる.
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17 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 310
Ok, making the remove marker more obvious. Will go into the next update. Thanks for pointing out the bugs on the construction table. It's all automatically generated, so it's still a tad buggy.
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17 years ago
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Fatih
Level: 1
The first model sentence doesn't have なる in it.
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16 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 310
Thanks - took it out of the list.
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16 years ago
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beckyr16
Level: 1
I'm looking at JLPT vocab list right now and it has お(verb stem)になる。

Does this have the same meaning as above? Is it the same grammar point? (It's all in Japanese).
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15 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 310
That is used for making something polite/keigo; You use it to describe the actions of others above you.
http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=grammar/individual&id=140
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15 years ago
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beckyr16
Level: 1
Oh!!! Cool. Thanks. I saw it and was completely baffled as to what it meant. :)
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15 years ago
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mtsugawa
Level: 7
I sent a correction suggestion, but the model sentence ending 「～歌手になりたかっただ」strikes me as unnatural. How about ～なりたかったです。 Or, if this were an explanatory sentence ("When I was a kid, I wanted to become a singer, so I have always loved karaoke", etc.) ～なりたかったのです　or なりたかったんです
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13 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 310
Agreed - it will be updated shortly.
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13 years ago
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kjulia28
Level: 279
When you want to say that things became a certain way, but you're not talking about a time-specific event ('I became sad when my dog died') but a state of being that happened but is still ongoing, do you need to use a -ています form with it, too? My sentence was: 隣のお爺さんはさびしくなった. But I'm wondering if I'd need to express that kind of thing (basically, present perfect in English) with something like 隣のお爺さんはさびしくなっていました。
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13 years ago
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mysticfive
Level: 2129
Since 'becoming' is something that either happens or doesn't, you wouldn't need the ています. He either became sad, or he didn't - there's no middle ground. Does that make sense?
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13 years ago
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kjulia28
Level: 279
Yes, that makes sense, thank you! (And I'm pleased I don't have to remember to Lego another word on with that construction. :D )
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13 years ago
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BrazenNegro
Level: 1
How does the となる construction come into play? I'm not too familiar with it myself and am probably wrong about the nuances but I have seen it described as becoming something as a final step or something of that nature. Is it still the same grammar point as this?
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12 years ago
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FoeNyx
Level: 436

As mentioned by the previous poster, I also came across such usage and was wondering how to use it.


I found this note in section-2-5-1-Becoming:_%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B">"Introduction to Japanese":

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While typically used in combination with the verb particle に, なる can also be used in combination with the particle と (not in its role as noun lister), in which case its meaning changes from "become" to "be" (often interpreted as the immediate future "will be"). This can be illustrated with some に/と comparison sentences:

  • 力になります。 "(This) will become (our) strength".
  • 力となります。 "(This) will be (our) strength". (...)

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Has someone a more detailed explanation?

And as asked by the previous poster, is it still the same grammar (sub) point?

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9 years ago
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友人
Level: 1

になる indicates a continuous process to become, while となる indicates a discrete change, after or without any process.


になる "I'll work my way up to becoming president of this company."

となる "I'll be president of this company someday."

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9 years ago
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FoeNyx
Level: 436

Hmm I think I get the nuance, thank you bigsmile.gif


The way it works with nouns seems easy, but would it works with adjectives too?

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9 years ago


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