GI13 · Coming to: 〜ように なる

Before you start

The sentences use words you already know, up to the intermediate level, in kanji with furigana, and assume elementary grammar.

This lesson assumes what you saw in the earlier ones. If something feels shaky, go back to it:

• GI01say something is excessive
• GI02say whether something is easy or hard to do
• GI03say what you do something for
• GI04say what you do to avoid something
• GI05pass on what you've heard
• GI06say what seems to be so
• GI07say something has just happened
• GI08say what point of an action you're at
• GI09say you start or finish something
• GI10list some of the things you do
• GI11give a reason softly
• GI12express surprise or a complaint

What you learn

〜ように なりました

• るdictionary form (potential)
• ようにcome to (〜ように なる)

ように なりました describes a gradual change: with the potential form, something you couldn't do before (はなせるように なりました, I can speak now); with the dictionary form, a new habit (やさいを たべるように なりました, I eat vegetables now). The potential in dictionary form ends in る: はなせる, できる.

• 日本語にほんごが 話はなせるように なりました。nihongo ga hanaseru you ni narimashita.I can speak Japanese now.
• 新聞しんぶんが 読よめるように なりました。shinbun ga yomeru you ni narimashita.I can read the paper now.
• 山やまに 登のぼれるように なりました。yama ni noboreru you ni narimashita.I can climb the mountain now.
• 野菜やさいを 食たべるように なりました。yasai o taberu you ni narimashita.I eat vegetables now (I didn't before).
• テニスが できるように なりました。tenisu ga dekiru you ni narimashita.I can play tennis now.
• コーヒーを 飲のむように なりました。koohii o nomu you ni narimashita.I drink coffee now (I didn't before).

Practice

A short text with words and grammar you already know; kanji carry their reading above. Read it and answer.