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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

My belief is that she has never told a lie.
Never have I read such an interesting story.
I had never eaten any kind of Thai food, so I was pretty excited about going to a Thai restaurant with my grandmother.
As far as I know, he has never come on time.
Tom has never dated a girl whose name ends with an "s."

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