Roshia ni itta koto ga arimasu

You can express your experiences by using the ta-form, which is the short past form in Japanese.

…ta koto ga arimasu

“Koto” means “thing” and is used to indicate an experience. The phrase “…ta koto” refers to the experience of doing something, so “…ta koto ga aru” literally means “have an experience of doing.” Since experiences are events that happened in the past, they are expressed using the ta-form, which is the short past form in Japanese.

itta koto
itta koto ga aru
itta koto ga arimasu
itta koto ga arimasen

roshia ni itta koto
roshia ni itta koto ga aru
roshia ni itta koto ga arimasu
roshia ni itta koto ga arimasen

Mushi o tabeta koto ga arimasu.
Aomori no onsen ni itta koto ga arimasu.
Yuki o mita koto ga arimasen.

Exercise

Questions

Translate in English

  1. Saitama ni itta koto ga arimasu.
  2. Saitama ni itta koto ga aruka wasuremashita.
  3. Saitama ni itta koto ga arimasen.
  4. Saitama ni itta koto ga aruka naika wasuremashita.

Answers

  1. I have been in Saitama.
  2. I forgot whether I had been in Saitama.
  3. I have not been in Saitama.
  4. I forgot if I had been in Saitama or not.