～たことがある: Sharing your past experiences

Introduction

If you’ve talked to a Japanese person before, they may have asked you if you’ve ever visited Japan. I mean, who doesn’t want to visit, am I right? 😁 In order for them to ask you that question in Japanese, they would have to use the set expression we’re going to be learning today: 「～たことがある」. Ready to get into it? Here we go!

Sharing Your Experiences

～たことがある is a set expression that allows you to express all the awesome things that you’ve done in the past, or to ask someone if they’ve experienced something. If that sounds confusing, it’s basically the Japanese version of the expression “have you ever done X” in English. It’s exactly what you need if you’ve been wanting to talk about any feats or ventures!