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Have experience (~have done)

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Use this pattern to talk about whether you have had a past experience or done something before. It's used to express accumulated or repeated experiences, and often appears in questions asking "Have you ever...?"

How it works

  • Verb stem + (으)ㄴ 적이 있다

Example sentences

  1. 저는 서울에 가본 적이 있어요.

    I have been to Seoul before.

  2. 그 영화를 본 적이 없어요.

    I have never seen that movie.

  3. 한국 음식을 먹어본 적이 있으세요?

    Have you ever eaten Korean food?

  4. 비행기를 탄 적이 있습니까?

    Have you ever been on an airplane?

  5. 그런 경험을 한 적이 있는 사람은 드물어요.

    There are few people who have had such an experience.

  6. 아르바이트를 해본 적이 있어요?

    Have you ever worked a part-time job?

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