Let's lean about "여행 혼자 가 본 적 있어요?"

여행 혼자 가 본 적 있어요? : Have you ever travelled alone?

[oher expressions]

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있니? (to younger people or friends)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있나? (to younger people or friends)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있어? (to younger people or friends)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있는가? (to younger people or friends)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있으세요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있으셔요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 여행 혼자 가 본 적 있으십니까? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

[explanations]

* 여행 : travel; trip

* -을 : a particle makes 여행 objective after a word ends in a consonant; this omitted

* 혼자 : alone

* 가다 : go

* 가 : 가(the stem of 가다; 가 + -아 contracted into 가) + -아(a connection suffix between two verbs)

* 보다 : see

* 가 보다 : go and see

* 본 : past tense of 보다 by '-ㄴ'

* 적 :  (1) enemy; foe; adversary (2) time; experience in the sentence

* -이 : a particle makes a noun the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* The conjugation rules are :

(1) If the stem ends with no 받침 then V+ ㄴ적이 있다/없다 has to be used

(2) If the stem ends with a 받침 then V + 은 적이 있다/없다 as to be used

* This is used to expresses having or not having a particular experience in the past : I have / haven't had the experience of

Let's try to understand the usage with the following examples : 

- 너는 이 수업에 결석한 적이 있니? : Have you ever been absent from this class?

- 지금처럼 경제가 좋았던 적이 있었습니까? : Was there a time when the economy was as good as it is now?

- 대학 입학 후에 소개팅을 한 적이 있어? : Have you ever had a blind date after entering college?

- 전에 저 사람을 어디 선가 만난 적이 있어요. : I've met him somewhere before.

- 아파서 병원에 입원 한 적이 있습니다 : Have you ever been sick and admitted to a hospital?

- 그 회사에 육 개월 다닌 적이 있습니다 : I worked at the company for 6 months.

- 사고를 내서 벌금을 낸 적이 꼭 한 번 있어요 : I did get in an accident once and have to pay a fine.

- 그런 얘기를 한 번도 들어 본 적이 없는데 데 내가 어떻게 알아요? : I had never heard that before so how was I supposed to know?

- 한번도 술을 마신 적이 없어? : Have you ever drunk some alcohol?

* 있으세요? : 있(the stem of 있다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어(a interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 있으셔요? : 있(the stem of 있다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여(a interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 있습니까 : 있(the stem of 있다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시오(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 있으십니까? : 있(the stem of 있다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -는가? / -어? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -나? / -는가? / -어? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -(으)세요? / -(으)셔요? / -(으)십니까? / -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-시-‘ / ‘-요’