Japanese Grammar Tips

How to describe the status change of adjectives


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In Japanese, you use the word なる to indicate the change of adjective status.

In this sense, なる means "become" or "get"


さいきん さむく なりました。

It has become cold recently.

*さいきん means "recently"

*さむい→さむく


ビッグマック が たかく なりました。

Bigmac got expensive.

*たかい→たかく


わたし の ちち は げんきに なりました。

My father became healthy.

*げんき→げんきに


にほんご の べんきょう が すきに なりました。

I have become to like studying Japanese.

*すき→すきに


*For い-adjectives, the final い is replaced with く to connect with なる

*For な-adjectives, you need to add に to connect with なる

*Please be careful not to apply a な-adjective conjugation rule to an い-adjective.


Reference:

Adjectives

https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Adjectives-en9o8v


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