読んだことあります I've read it.

To express what you've experienced, use "[the TA-form of a verb] + koto (ga) arimasu." The verb's TA-form ends with "ta/da," indicating the action took place in the past or has been completed. To make the TA-form, change the "te/de" of the verb's TE-form to "ta/da."

Saying what you haven't experienced:
Replace the verb "arimasu" with "nai desu/arimasen" or "have not." Example: "XXX koto nai desu/arimasen."

Try saying what you've experienced

1Which of these three choices is the correct way to say this sentence in Japanese?

I've been to Okinawa.

Okinawa | go

沖縄 | 行く（→行った）

Okinawa | iku (→itta)

2Say the sentence in Japanese, using the following word(s).

I have/haven't XXX.

～ことあります／ないです。

～koto arimasu/nai desu.

«haven't experienced»tempura | eat

天ぷら | 食べる（→食べた）

tenpura | taberu (→tabeta)

3Say the sentence in Japanese, using the following word(s).

I have/haven't XXX.

～ことあります／ないです。

～koto arimasu/nai desu.

«have experienced»that story | hear

その話 | 聞く（→聞いた）

sono hanashi | kiku (→kiita)

This phrase is used among family and friends. To ask in a polite way, say "Shitte masu ka."

manga (comic book)