妖(よう)精(せい) youseiは wa王(おう)子(じ) oujiを o猫(ねこ) nekoに ni変(か)え()た() kaeta。 The fairy turned the prince into a cat. Literal Fairy [topic-は] prince [object-を] cat [into-に] turned. ~を~に変える ('change X into Y') uses を for what's being changed and に for what it becomes. 変える is the transitive 'change,' paired with intransitive 変わる. A classic fairy-tale transformation. animalschildrenentertainmentAをBにする (make A into B)transitive/intransitive pair
妖(よう)精(せい) youseiは wa王(おう)子(じ) oujiを o猫(ねこ) nekoに ni変(か)え()た() kaeta。 The fairy turned the prince into a cat. Literal Fairy [topic-は] prince [object-を] cat [into-に] turned. ~を~に変える ('change X into Y') uses を for what's being changed and に for what it becomes. 変える is the transitive 'change,' paired with intransitive 変わる. A classic fairy-tale transformation. animalschildrenentertainmentAをBにする (make A into B)transitive/intransitive pair