GI14 · Deciding: 〜ことに する

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
• GI13describe a change in ability or habit

What you learn

〜ことに しました／〜ことに なりました

• ことに〜ことに する／なる: decide, be decided
• しましたI decided (〜ことに しました)

The dictionary form + ことに しました reports your own decision: ひっこす ことに しました (I've decided to move). With なりました, the decision comes from outside (the company, circumstances): にほんに いく ことに なりました (it's been decided I'm going to Japan).

• 来月らいげつ 引ひっ越こす ことに しました。raigetsu hikkosu koto ni shimashita.I've decided to move next month.
• 仕事しごとを 辞やめる ことに しました。shigoto o yameru koto ni shimashita.I've decided to quit my job.
• 来週らいしゅう 日本にほんに 行いく ことに なりました。raishuu nihon ni iku koto ni narimashita.It's been decided I'm going to Japan next week.
• 毎日まいにち 運動うんどうを する ことに しました。mainichi undou o suru koto ni shimashita.I've decided to exercise every day.
• 新あたらしい 会社かいしゃで 働はたらく ことに なりました。atarashii kaisha de hataraku koto ni narimashita.It's been decided that I'll work at a new company.
• 貯金ちょきんを する ことに しました。chokin o suru koto ni shimashita.I've decided to save.

Practice

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