Lesson 31: 寒く なりました

N5 · Lesson 31 · 18 min — 〜く/〜に: how you do it, 〜なります (become), 〜します (make it ~)

Last lesson you learned to compare: 「AよりBのほうが〜」 and 「〜がいちばん〜」. This lesson puts adjectives into action. Before a verb, an adjective changes its ending to tell you how. Add なります for "become ~". Add します for "make it ~". Start with the comic!

After this lesson, you can:

Autumn Early-Bird Vow

Last time Kumata said he scored higher than Rin, and Neko-sensei ate a third bowl. Now it's a September morning on the way to school⋯⋯ (すずしい = cool; 手紙てがみ = letter; 自分じぶんで = by myself; 上手じょうず = good at; すごい = amazing; かわります = to change (by itself); おなか = belly; だんご = dango (the sign's つきみだんご = moon-viewing dango); あしたから = starting tomorrow, the classic diet excuse)

〜く/〜に なります = (the subject) becomes ~ by itself; 〜を〜く/〜に します = make something ~. Next lesson: Rin steps into the Kumaya kitchen to learn ramen!

Words for Talking About Change

Grammar 1 / 3: 〜く・〜に + Verb

Put the adjective before the verb. い becomes く; add に to な-adjectives: 早はやく 起おきます・上手じょうずに 話はなします

Grammar 2 / 3: 〜なります

〜く/〜に + なります = become ~: 寒さむく なりました (It got cold)

Grammar 3 / 3: 〜します

Nを + 〜く/〜に + します = make N ~ (on purpose): 音おとを 小ちいさく します