Lesson 79: 読めるように なりました

N4 · Lesson 79 · 18 min — "Come to ~ / no longer ~" (change) and "try to ~" (habit)

In the last lesson, Rin got into a tourism college. This lesson has two patterns that look almost the same: 〜ように なる (something changes by itself) and 〜ように する (you make an effort on purpose). At the end, you will also tell them apart from ことに する (making a decision) in Lesson 77. Let's start with the comic!

After this lesson, you can:

A New Clue in the Letter

Rin got into the tourism college! In March, in the dorm, he opens Hana's letter to Grandpa again. (寮りょう = dorm)

〜ように なる = come to ~ / can ~ now; 〜ように する = try to ~, make it a habit. Next lesson: to start college, Rin goes to the ward office to do paperwork...

Words for this lesson: letters, habits and change

Grammar 1 / 2: Can now・No longer

Potential form + ように なる = come to be able to ~ (couldn't before); dictionary form + ように なる = start doing ~; 〜なく なる = no longer ~

Grammar 2 / 2: Try to ~

Dictionary form + ように する = try to ~; ない-form + ように する = try not to ~; 〜ように して います = a habit you keep working at