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EPISODE · Jan 3, 2021 · 3 MIN

How to describe your experience

from Japanese Grammar Tips · host Yuya Sato

You need to use the past tense plain form of a verb plus ことがある to describe your experience. This expression is like "I have done this before". <Example Sentences> ハンバーガー を たべたことがあります。 I have eaten a hamburger before. *たべた is past tense plain forms of たべる, eat *ことがあります is polite forms of ことがある きょうと に いったことがあります。 I have been to Kyoto before. *いった is past tense plain forms of いく, go *ことがあります is polite forms of ことがある ハンバーガー を たべたことがありません。 I have never eaten a hamburger before. きょうと に いったことがありません。 I have never been to Kyoto before. * In negative statement, ことがあります has been changed to ことがありません. ハンバーガー を たべたことがあります か。 Have you eaten a hamburger before? はい、たべたことがあります。/ はい、あります。 Yes, I have. きょうと に いったことがあります か。 Have you been to Kyoto before? はい、いったことがあります。/ はい、あります。 Yes, I have. Reference: Plain Forms in Past Tense https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Plain-Forms-in-Past-Tense-eoe8fp Actual Conversation Using Past Tense Plain Forms https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Actual-Conversation-Using-Past-Tense-Plain-Forms-eof5oo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuyaman1986

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