
Episode 203
Beginning Japanese Phrases #203: ~になる (to become, to turn into)
TheJapanesePage.com - Beginning Japanese Phrases
February 5, 20261m 49s
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Show Notes
Today's podcast covers:
~になる — to become, to turn into
This grammar pattern attaches to nouns and adjectives to express a change of state or transformation.
Example: 来年、私は二十歳になります。
Next year, I will turn twenty years old.
Vocabulary:
- 来年 — next year
- 私は — I (topic marker)
- 二十歳に — twenty years old (target of change)
- なります — will become (polite form)
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