Japanese with Manga

Experienced a situation in a comic with 〜た＋ことがある

Grammar Explanation: Previous experience with 〜た＋ことがある

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Rize and Chino watch as Cocoa and another girl reach for the same teacup in a shop.

チノ:
「こんなシチュエーション漫画(まんが)でみたことあります」
“I've seen this kind of situation in manga before.”
Literal: “I have a thing where I saw this kind of situation in manga.”

Key Points

1見(み)たことあります reports prior experience
  • Chino says she has encountered this kind of scene in manga before.
2The past form comes before ことがある
  • 見(み)る becomes 見(み)た, and こと turns the past action into an experience that can be said to exist.
3漫画(まんが)で marks where she encountered it
  • で identifies manga as the medium in which Chino has seen the situation, not the location of the characters’ current meeting.

Vocabulary

(Manga)

漫画(まんが) refers to a visual art form that combines illustrations, panel layouts, and dialogue to convey stories, jokes, and other content.

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