【Japanese grammar】に行ったことがあります (ni ittakotoga arimasu) = have been to

Sentence pattern
Sentence pattern
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On this page, you can learn how to say ‘have been to somewhere’ or ‘have not been to somewhere’ in Japanese.

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have been to

‘have been to’ can be confusing to translate into Japanese because the verb you need for this sentence pattern is ‘to go‘, which is 行く(い・く).

have been to place

place に + 行ったことがあります

Example

I have been to Japan.

私は日本行ったことがあります

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have not been to

have not been to place

place に + 行ったことがありません

Example

I have not been to Japan.

私はカナダ行ったことがあります

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