Trying new food · Following up with past details

Following up with past details in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Following up with past details.

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

Was it very spicy?

هل كان حارًا جدًا؟

No, it had a mild flavour and plenty of vegetables.

لا، كانت نكهته خفيفة وكان غنيًا بالخضروات.

I have already asked my friend for the recipe.

طلبت من صديقي الوصفة بالفعل.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: Was it very spicy?
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: طلبت من صديقي الوصفة بالفعل.