[✐2.Andante] 〜なります。〜たく なります。
" I will become a working member of society.(Shakaijin*)"

*Shakaijin ＝working member of society /working professional (not a student anymore): this expression is often used in Japan.

Hello, everyone. Let’s start.
Repeat after me
[00:11]
1.  Next year, (I/he/she’ll) be 20 years old.
2.  In total, that will be 1,200 yen.
3.  Soon, the typhoon season will start.
4.  From spring, I will become a working member of society.(Shakaijin*)
5.  The snow melts and it becomes rain.
6.  I want to be matured/grown up.
7.  I want to become a Youtuber in the future.
*Shakaijin ＝working member of society /working professional (not a student anymore): this expression is often used in Japan.
[01:21]
We practice na-Adjectives now.
[01:25]
1.  → become good
2.  → become quiet
3.  → become famous
4.  → become dislike, not like anymore
5.  → become fond of, start to like
6.  → get worried, become anxious
7.  → become free(nothing else to do)
8.  → become happy
[02:37]
Off course, we practice i-Adjectives, too.
[02:41]
1.  → get old
2.  → become difficult
3.  → become cheap
4.  → become heavy
5.  → get light
6.  → become fun
7.  → get strong
8.  → get better
[03:48]
Make a sentence as follows.
For example,
My grandchild, three years old
→ My grandchild became three years old.
Are you ready?
[04:01]
1.  → Recently, it’s getting cool.
2.  → Completely, I’ve recovered/ I’m fine now. (not ill anymore)
3.  → Last year, (I/he/she) became (promoted to) the division head/department director.
4.  → (I/he/she) has/have become proficient in Japanese.
5.  → The lockdown has been eased.
6.  → The prices have increased.
7.  → The computer soft has become new (=been renewed).
8.  → I washed my car and it’s clean now.
9.  → I can’t reach him/her, and that made me worry.
*renraku ga tsukanai = can’t get a hold of him/her, can’t reach him/her
10.  → I watched a dull TV drama and I’m sleepy now.

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