V dictionary form / V ない-form + ない + ように します (V-jisho / V-nai + you ni shimasu) — I make an effort to (not) ~
Something you decide yourself — the "from now on I will do this" pattern.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
If someone asks how you keep healthy, 毎朝 野菜を 食べるように して います is the right answer, because you really are doing it.
Meaning
- This pattern is about your own effort.
- The difference to watch is this — 「ようにします」is a decision from now on, while 「ようにしています」is a habit you have already kept up.
How to attach
Adding 「ようにします」to the dictionary form means "I will try to ~"; adding it to the ない-form means "I will try not to ~": 毎日 歩くように します / 甘い ものを 食べないように します.
Versus what you know
Do not mix this up with 「ように なります」from the last point: with なります the change happens on its own, with します you are the one making the effort.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
会議に 遅れないように します。
かいぎに おくれないように します。
I will make sure not to be late for the meeting.
毎日 日本語で 日記を 書くように して います。
まいにち にほんごで にっきを かくように して います。
I make a point of writing in my diary in Japanese every day.
夜 遅く コーヒーを 飲まないように して います。
よる おそく コーヒーを のまないように して います。
I make a point of not drinking coffee late at night.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
Which one says a habit you have already kept up?
💡 Hint: 「して います」marks something already ongoing.
歩くように します = I will start trying to walk. 歩くように して います = I have been walking as a habit.
Which says "I will try not to be late"?
💡 Hint: Before ように the ない-form stays as it is.
遅れない + ように + します. You do not change it to なく here — that happens only with なく なります.
Which one says "I became able to read kanji" (the change just happened)?
💡 Hint: Use なります when the change happened by itself, します when it is your own effort.
読める + ように + なりました = I became able to read — the change happened by itself. します shows your own effort: 毎日 漢字を 読むように して います = I make a point of reading every day. 「漢字を 読むように なりました」means "I came to read kanji", not "I became able to".
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