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JAPANESE VERB

すき に なる

好き に なる

to come to like, to fall for

  • #208 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI come to like
NegativeI don’t come to like

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI came to like
NegativeI didn’t come to like

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formcoming to like, and…
Doing now (て います)I am coming to like
Please (て ください)please come to like

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can come to like
NegativeI can’t come to like

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to come to like
NegativeI don’t want to come to like

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s come to like

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I come to like
  2. If, when (たら) if I come to like

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) come to like (do it)
  2. Plain command come to like!
  3. Please don’t please don’t come to like

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am come to like
CausativeI make someone come to like

How to use すき に なる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    この まち は、 すめば きっと すき に なります。

    If you live here, you'll surely come to love this town.

  2. Past

    はじめて あった ひ に、 かれ を すき に なった。

    I fell for him the day we first met.

  3. Te-form

    にほん の ふゆ が すき に なって きた。

    I've come to like Japanese winters.

  4. Potential

    やさい が どうして も すき に なれません。

    I just can't get to like vegetables.

  5. Want to

    もっと しごと を すき に なりたい。

    I want to come to like my job more.

  6. Volitional

    まず じぶん を すき に なろう。

    First, let's learn to like ourselves.

  7. Conditional

    いちど すき に なれば、 やめられない あじ です。

    Once you get a taste for it, you can't stop.

  8. Commands and requests

    あんな ひと を すき に ならないで。

    Don't fall for someone like him.

  9. Passive and causative

    あの せんせい が えいご を すき に させて くれた。

    That teacher got me to love English.

Good to know

  • The person takes が or を: かれ が すき に なる; the を is a little stronger.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).