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kotogaaru
expression, godan verb (irregular)

Alternate Written Forms:

[こと()···]
kotogaaru

Root Words:

koto + ga + aru

English Meaning(s) for ことがある

expression, godan verb (irregular)
  1. (for something) to have occurred; to have done (something) (after the past tense form of a verb)
  2. (for something) to happen on occasion

Stroke Order Diagrams for ことがある

Conjugations for ことがある

masu stem
kotogaari
te-form
kotogaatte
Negative te-form
kotoganakute
Adverbial Negative Form
kotoganaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
kotogaaru
Present Indicative Negative Form
kotoganai
Past Indicative Form
kotogaatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
kotoganakatta
Presumptive Form
kotogaarou
Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
kotogaarimasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
kotogaarimasen
Past Indicative Form
kotogaarimashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
kotogaarimasendeshita
Presumptive Form
kotogaarimashou
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
kotogaareba
Present Indicative Negative Form
kotoganakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
kotoganakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
kotogaattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
kotoganakattara
Alternative Form
Present Indicative Form
kotogaattari

Sample Sentences for ことがある

On no account must you touch that switch.
I would not leave you for all the world.
One time, I went to the atelier of a painter I had just met in the middle of the night. It was a dark room in an attic.
I have often met Mr Sasaki at the station.
Have you ever been to Europe?

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