Experience with sleepovers with 〜た＋ことがある

リゼ:

「いや…　親父(おやじ)の部下(ぶか)に誘(さそ)われたワイルドなキャンプしか経験(けいけん)した事(こと)ないから…」

“Well... I've only hadthe experience of those wild camping trips my dad's subordinates invited me on...”

ココア:

「ワイルド？」

“Wild?”

Key Points

1. 〜た事(こと)がある = have had the experience of…

   • The highlighted pattern expresses past experience at least once.

   • Here Rize is saying the only kind of overnight experience she has had is camping.

2. Casual negative: した事(こと)ない

   • The full form is した事(こと)がない, with が omitted in casual speech.

   • So しか した事(こと)ない means “I’ve done nothing except that”.

3. しか〜ない = nothing but

   • 「キャンプしか…した事(こと)ない」 means camping is the only kind of stay-over experience she knows.

   • That is why she sounds uncertain about an ordinary sleepover.

4. The long noun phrase modifies the camping trips

   • 「親父(おやじ)の部下(ぶか)に 誘(さそ)われた ワイルドなキャンプ」 means “wild camping trips I was invited on by my dad’s subordinates”.

   • That whole chunk is what 経験(けいけん)した and した事(こと)がある refer to.

See Also

• Kanji: Sections and departments with 部