have not + verb-ed:【verb た form + ことがありません】

Sentence pattern
Sentence pattern
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On this page, you can learn Japanese grammar for telling something you have not done before.

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Prerequisite

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Sentence pattern

have not + verbed

verb たform + ことがありません

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Example

I have not eaten carrots.

私はにんじんをたべたことがありません

My older brother has not played rugby.

兄はラグビーをしたことがありません

I have not spoken with my father.

私は父とはなしたことがありません

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Note: have not been to

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

Task: Change into Japanese.

  • My younger brother has not read a book.
  • I have not used a knife.
  • My father has not drunk beer.

Task: Change into English.

  • 私はうたをうたったことがありません。
  • 兄は車をうんてんしたことがありません。
  • 母は八じにねたことがありません。
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