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Re: "Have you" been to the flower viewing? - - Tense-related
oldwordstudy wrote:..... The verb is:
Ohana mi ni itagootoo ga arimasu ka? ....
itagootoo
Maybe you mean ittakoto (行ったこと)?
itta (行った) - past plain form of iku (行く)
koto (こと) - thing/matter
arimasu ka - do you have/have you
In English we say "been" for the "thing of gone".

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Re: "Have you" been to the flower viewing? - - Tense-related
The important part to "koto ga arimasu (/aru)?" isn't "have you ~ ?" but "have you ever ~ ?"
The original information is still true in the sense that
"Did you go to the flower viewing [e.g. today]?" = "Have you been to the flower viewing?" = plain past.
If you want to ask about "ever" you need "koto ga arimasu". ^^
The original information is still true in the sense that
"Did you go to the flower viewing [e.g. today]?" = "Have you been to the flower viewing?" = plain past.
If you want to ask about "ever" you need "koto ga arimasu". ^^
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Re: "Have you" been to the flower viewing? - - Tense-related
Hyperworm wrote:The important part to "koto ga arimasu (/aru)?" isn't "have you ~ ?" but "have you ever ~ ?" .....
Yes, I didn't highlight that distinction.

This page, Ta Form + koto ga aru, from Tim Matheson's Japanese Verbs may help oldwordstudy-san.
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Re: "Have you" been to the flower viewing? - - Tense-related
Thank you, Teach Chikara and Hyperworm.
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