Use 変わる to describe a change in weather, plans, or other things.
The idea
変わる is an intransitive godan verb: the thing that changes is marked by が or presented as the topic with は. に can mark the resulting state. Its polite form is 変わります and its て form is 変わって.
| Dictionary form | Polite non-past | Polite negative | Polite past | て form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 変わる | 変わります | 変わりません | 変わりました | 変わって |
Examples
- 天気が変わりました。The weather changed.
- 予定が来週に変わります。The plans will change to next week.
- 信号が青に変わりました。The traffic light changed to green.
- この町は十年で変わりました。This town changed in ten years.
- 値段はまだ変わっていません。The price has not changed yet.
- 季節が変わって、涼しくなりました。The season changed, and it became cool.
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Watch out
Do not use を to mark the thing changing with 変わる. Transitive 変える instead describes someone changing something: 予定を変えます.
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＿。（変わる→ます）
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変わります
変わります is the polite non-past form; context determines whether the change is present or future.
＿。（変わる→て）
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変わって
変わって is the て form: the final る of this godan verb becomes って.
信号が青＿変わりました。（に／を）
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に
に marks the resulting colour, green; the traffic light itself is the subject marked by が.
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＿。（変わる→ます）
＿。（変わる→て）
信号が青＿変わりました。（に／を）
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Describe something that changed, then say what it changed into using に.