Lesson 42: 台湾の ラーメンを 食べた ことが ありますか

N5 · Lesson 42 · 18 min — Turn the て-form into the た-form, then talk about your own experiences

You learned the て-form in Lesson 36, and today you get to use it. Just swap て for た and で for だ, and you have the た-form! It is the casual version of 〜ました. Add ことが あります and you can say 'have done ~ before.' Let's read the comic first!

After this lesson, you can:

The Taiwanese Students

Rin has finished the part-time job form. Rin and Neko-sensei have dinner at くまや. (むかし = long ago; 忘わすれる = forget; ぜんぶ = all) Fun fact: Japan's 「台湾たいわんラーメン」 is Nagoya's spicy minced-meat ramen, not Taiwan's!

た形けい+ことが あります = 'have done ~ before'. Neko-sensei didn't just eat them today. He has had every kind over the years! Who were Mr. Kuma's Taiwanese students? Next: Rin asks around!

Words for this lesson: talking about experiences

Grammar 1 / 2: た-form

た-form: the verb's 'did ~' (the casual version of 〜ました)

Grammar 2 / 2: 〜たことが ある

た-form + ことが あります: have done ~ before (experience)