Expressing Change

become ~ / make ~ (change of state)

'It's getting warmer.' 'I want to get better at Japanese.' 'Turn the music down.' Japanese has elegant patterns for both natural change (〜なる) and intentional change (〜する).

What you'll learn

• い-adj + くなる: naturally becomes ~ (cold → colder)
• な-adj + になる: naturally becomes ~
• 〜くする / 〜にする: intentionally make ~

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