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[✐2.Andante] Telling your experience! [ta-form]+ことがあります

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Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese. I hope it also helps you to capture the pattern of the sentence structure.

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“I’ve ever played Pachinko.”

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Hello, everyone. We begin with making “ta-form”, which conjucate in the same way as “te-form”, as you know. Let’s start. 

Repeat after me

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[V-2 / ru-verb]

1.  see/look/watch [masu-form] > [ta-form]

2.  eat [masu-form] > [ta-form]

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[V−1 / u-verb]

3.  buy [masu-form] > [ta-form]

4.  go [masu-form] > [ta-form]

5.  wait [masu-form] > [ta-form]

6.  listen/ask [masu-form] > [ta-form]

7.  speak/tell [masu-form] > [ta-form]

8.  read [masu-form] > [ta-form]

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[V-3 /irregular (suru, kuru)]

9.  come [masu-form] > [ta-form]

10.  do [masu-form] > [ta-form]

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Let’s make a sentence as follows.

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For example,

gyoza, eat

→ I’ve (already) eaten gyoza (before).

Ready?

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1.  → I’ve ever eaten hakata ramen.

2.  → I’ve ever watched that film.

3.  → I’ve ever lent money to my friend. 

4.  → I’ve ever drank Japanese beer.

5.  → I’ve ever stayed at Ryokan(Japanese inn).

6.  → I’ve ever been to Hokkaido.

7.  → I’ve ever bought (something) in 100 yen shop.

8.  → I’ve once played pachinko.

(パチンコ = Japanese pinball)

 FYI => “Day in the Life of a Pachinko Worker”  https://youtu.be/3ouVqSaAkLY

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