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kotoganai
expression, i adjective (negative)

Alternate Written Forms:

[こと()···]
kotoganai
[ことが()·]
kotoganai
[こと()··()·]
kotoganai

Root Words:

koto + ga + nai

English Meaning(s) for ことがない

expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. (something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened (after the past tense form of a verb)
  2. never happens; there is never a time when

Stroke Order Diagrams for ことがない

Conjugations for ことがない

Adjective stem
kotogana
te-form
kotoganakute
Adverbial Form
kotoganaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
kotoganai
Present Indicative Negative Form
kotoganakunai
Past Indicative Form
kotoganakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
kotoganakunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
kotoganakereba
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
kotoganakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
kotoganasa

Sample Sentences for ことがない

I've never heard anything more dreadful.
I was unable to look her in the face.
Never have I read such a dull book.
I have never heard her say 'No'.
I have never climbed Mt. Fuji.

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