Noun に なります
Noun ni narimasu
JLPT N5 Neutral
Formation
Noun + に + なります
Expresses change or becoming something; 'to become', 'to turn into', 'to be'.
When to use
'Become X' (医者になる); also a time arriving (春になる).
Explanation
The grammar point Noun に なります is used to express a change or transformation into something else, or to indicate that something 'becomes', 'turns into', or simply 'is' something. It is commonly used with nouns.
Example sentences
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He will become a doctor.
Kare wa isha ni narimasu.
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These brown leaves will turn red.
Kono chairo no ha ga aka ni narimasu.
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When the dish cools down, it becomes less delicious.
Ryouri ga sametara, oishikunaku narimasu.
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Next year, it will be the Tokyo Olympics.
Rainen, Toukyou Orinpikku ni narimasu.
Other forms
Change (Become / Make / Decide On)
- い-Adjective く しますi-Adjective ku shimasuN5Use an い-adjective to express 'to make' or 'to become'.
- い-Adjective く する/なるi-Adjective kusuru/naruN4Express a change happening or making something change.
- な-Adjective に しますna-Adjective ni shimasuN5Expressing a decision or preference with a な-adjective.
- な-Adjective に なりますna-Adjective ni narimasuN5Express a change or transformation into a state described…
- な-adjective に する/なるN4Used to indicate change or decision; 'to become' or 'to…
- Noun に しますNoun ni shimasuN5Express a choice or decision; 'choose', 'decide on'.
Corpus examples (60)
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If you make your own clothes, it will save you money.
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"What are you going to do with the money?", asked the policeman.
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Do you want to use mine?
それならよりお得になります。
That’s an even better deal.
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The unemployed always wind up at the bottom of the heap.
従業員に対する新コンピューター・システム研修があなたの仕事になります。
Your task will be to train the employees on the new computer system.
ドイツ人にカンマについて尋ねられると、いつも疑心暗鬼になります。
I'm always suspicious when a German asks for a comma.
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Does anyone in your family speak French?
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The word "every" is treated as singular.
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Liz has been dead for eight years.
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A plum grows on a plum tree.
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What is 5814 rounded to the nearest thousand?
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What is 5814 rounded to the nearest thousand?
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That's very helpful.
スイスでは、モルモットを１頭だけ所有することは違法になります。
In Switzerland, it's illegal to own just one guinea pig.
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In Switzerland, it's illegal to own just one guinea pig.
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If you combine them in this way, you get a 14 port USB hub.
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They will have been in America for ten years next year.
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I will have lived here for ten years next month.
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It has been ten years since I saw her last.
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How much will it cost by sea mail?
いつここをお立ちになりますか。
What time do you leave here?
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We will have been married for ten years on this day next week.
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I will be seventeen next week.
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I will be fourteen years old tomorrow.