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Japanese そうになる grammar souninaru
Japanese そうになる grammar souninaru

Let’s learn Japanese そうになる grammar souninaru :

Japanese そうになる grammar souninaru

Formation :

Vます(remove ます)+そうになる

Meaning and how to use :

Describe the meaning “Something almost become out of control”. It’s usually used to mention a fact in the past.

For example

子供をあやしていますが、突然大声を出て、あの子を泣かしそうになった。
Kodomo o ayashi te i masu ga, totsuzen oogoe o de te, ano ko o nakashi sou ni natta.
I was reassuring the child, but suddenly I made a big sound, the child nearly cried.

悪い人の言葉を信じて、偽物を買いそうになった。
warui hito no kotoba o shinji te, ayauku nisemono o kai sou ni natta.
I almost trusted a bad man and bought a fake thing.

まずい料理を食べて、吐きそうになった。
mazui ryouri o tabe te, haki sou ni natta.
I had to eat other unfinished meal, I almost vomited.

昨日私危うくは8階から落ちそうになった。
kinou watashi ayauku ha hachi kai kara ochisou ni natta.
I nearly fell down from 8th floor yesterday.

彼は犯人を知っているが何も言わない。だから、犯人は秘密を守るので彼を殺しそうになった。
kare ha hannin o shitte iru ga nani mo iwa nai. Dakara, hannin ha himitsu o mamoru node kare o korosu sou ni natta.
He knew who the crime was, but he didn’t say. Therefore, The crime almost killed him to keep secret.

Related structures :

からなる karanaru
ことになる kotoninaru
となる tonaru
となると tonaruto
ともなると tomonaruto
になる ninaru
になると ninaruto
お~になる o~ninaru

Ref : tuhoconline

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2 thoughts on “Japanese そうになる grammar souninaru

  • I believe there are some mistakes here. The rule is correct, remove the masu, but the example sentences do not follow this rule. Perhaps this is coming from spoken examples where rules are not followed, but if that is the case, please make it clear.
    1st example – correct
    2nd example – should be 買い not 買う
    3rd example – should be 吐き not 吐く
    4th example – should be 落ち not 落ちる
    5th example – should be 殺し not 殺す
    Apart from that, the information was good and very helpful

    Reply
    • Learn Japanese daily

      hi Paddy, The formation rule is right. The examples you mentioned are wrong. I fixed it. Thank you very much !

      Reply

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