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kotoganai
expression, i adjective (negative)

Alternate Written Forms:

[こと(事)·が·な·い]
kotoganai
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[ことがな(無)·い]
kotoganai
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[こと(事)·が·な(無)·い]
kotoganai
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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
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Conjugations for ことがない

Adjective stem
kotogana
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te-form
kotoganakute
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Adverbial Form
kotoganaku
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Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
kotoganai
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Present Indicative Negative Form
kotoganakunai
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Past Indicative Form
kotoganakatta
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Past Indicative Negative Form
kotoganakunakatta
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Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
kotoganakereba
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Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
kotoganakattara
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Nominalized Form
Objective Form
kotoganasa
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Sample Sentences for ことがない

My grandfather has never consulted a doctor in his life.
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I've been to neither of those places.
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He has seldom had a meal with his family.
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I have never heard of him since then.
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I've never been to Paris.
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