Trying new food · Asking about a previous experience

Asking about a previous experience in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Asking about a previous experience.

Use have or has plus a past participle to discuss experience without naming a finished past time. Ever is common in questions and never says the experience has not happened.

Context: Trying new food. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

Have you ever tried this kind of soup?

هل سبق أن جربت هذا النوع من الحساء؟

I have seen it on menus, but I have never ordered it.

رأيته في قوائم الطعام، لكنني لم أطلبه قط.

I tried it at a friend's house last weekend.

جربته في منزل صديق في نهاية الأسبوع الماضي.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: Have you ever tried this kind of soup?
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: جربته في منزل صديق في نهاية الأسبوع الماضي.