Beginning Japanese Phrases #203: ～になる (to become, to turn into)

Today's podcast covers:

～になる — to become, to turn into

This grammar pattern attaches to nouns and adjectives to express a change of state or transformation.

Example: 来年、私は二十歳になります。 Next year, I will turn twenty years old.

Vocabulary:

• 来年 — next year
• 私は — I (topic marker)
• 二十歳に — twenty years old (target of change)
• なります — will become (polite form)

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