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Originally Posted by m4x30000
Hi !
I would need some help explaining a verb form which I did not see anywhere, I got a message from a friend with the following : "明日から東京へ行くことになりそうです！" -- What bugs me is the "ことになりそうです！", I've seen on a website the form "koto ni shimasu/suru", but haven't found anything for "koto ni nari" ? Can someone please explain what is this used for, or send me a reference ??
thanks for any help !
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It is ことになる. However, there is another construction: Verb-stem+そうだ. It means "looks like" or "seems."
So なるー＞なりそうだ。 Looks like will change.
食べるー＞食べそうだ。 Looks like will eat.
飲むー＞飲みそうだ。Looks like will drink.
明日から東京へ行くことになりそうです = It looks like you/I/he/she/it will [some hint of "must" with the ことになる here] go to Tokyo from tomorrow.
Edit Sashimister beat me!