Adj / Noun + なる

Want to say things like:

“It’s getting cold.”
“I became healthy.”
“She became a teacher.”

You’ll need the verb なる, which means “to become.”
This is how you use it with adjectives and nouns 👇

🔧 How it works:

🔁 Want to say “more than before”?

Add 前まえより to show comparison!

• 日本語にほんごが前まえより上手じょうずになった。
  → My Japanese has gotten better than before! 💪

🚫 Common mistake:

❌ 寒さむいになる
✅ 寒さむくなる ← (The い-adjective must change to くなる!)

🎯 Try it yourself!

What has changed for you recently?

• 勉強が楽たのしくなった。→ Studying has become fun.
• 静しずかになったね。→ It’s become quiet, huh?

Use this pattern in daily convo — super useful for describing feelings, weather, or progress in Japanese! 🇯🇵✨

📝 Note:

You’ll often see 〜なる used in the past tense (なりました) because people usually talk about something that already changed.
For example, “It became cold,” or “I became sleepy.”

If you want to talk about something that happens often or in the future, use the present polite form (なります).

• 寒さむくなりました = It became cold
• 寒さむくなります = It gets cold (in winter)