Phrase (Basic ㊦ 198)
There are times when ~.
| (i) V/Adjective い informal nonpast | ことがある | |
| 話すことがある | There are times when someone talks | |
| 高いことがある | There are times when something is expensive | |
| (ii) Adjective な stem | なことがある | |
| 静かなことがある | There are times when something is quiet | |
| (iii) Noun | {の/である} ことがある | |
| {先生の/先生である} ことがある | There are time when someone is a teacher |
1. Sentence informal nonpast ことがある expresses the idea that something happens from time to time.
2. Adverbs of frequency such as よく 'often', 時々 sometimes' and たまに 'occasionally', are sometimes used with this expression, as in Examples (b) and (c).
