Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 4 - Intermediate Korean #1 (Lessons 91 to 120) ᚛ Lesson 96 - To have had the chance to in Korean, "have you ever" [적]

To have had the chance to in Korean, "have you ever" [적]

In this course: 적이 있다 / 적이 없다 / 적이 있어 / 적이 없어 / 적이 있어요 / 적이 없어요

To have had the chance to -적

In Korean, if we want to express the idea of having had, or not, the chance to do something in the past, the little word 적 can be used in the following manner:
[Past adjectival form] 적(이) 있다 / 없다

The past adjectival form was seen in the lesson on adjectives in Korean.

• 가다 (= to go)
  → 간 적(이) 있다 (= to have had the chance to go, to have been)
  → 간 적(이) 없다 (= to have never had the chance to go, to have never been)
• 먹다 (= to eat)
  → 먹은 적(이) 있다 (= to have had the chance to eat, to have eaten)
  → 먹은 적(이) 없다 (= to have never had the chance to eat, to have never eaten)
• 하다 (= to do)
  → 한 적(이) 있다 (= to have had the chance to do, to have done)
  → 한 적(이) 없다 (= to have never had the chance to do, to have never done)

아시아 드라마 본 적 있어요?
→ Have you ever watched an Asian drama?

바둑 둔 적 있어?
→ Have you ever played go (baduk)?

지갑을 잃어버린 적이 있었는데 다행히 바로 찾았어.
→ I once lost my wallet, but fortunately I found it right away.

한국 드라마는 많이 봤는데 중국 드라마는 본 적이 없어요.
→ I have watched a lot of Korean dramas, but I have never watched a Chinese drama.

Combining -아/어 보다 and -(으)ㄴ 적(이) 있다

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Exercises

Particles are omnipresent in Korean. They indicate the role of words in a sentence, nuance meaning, and make it possible to understand who does what, where, how, and why.

Particles are also often the aspect that causes the most difficulty for Korean learners. In grammar books, they are usually presented in the middle of long sentences, with complex vocabulary, without being clearly highlighted.

With Korean Particles, we made the opposite choice:
taking the time to explain each particle, one by one, using very simple sentences, accessible even to beginners.

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