Comments on: Cool Compound – 初耳 http://howtojaponese.com/2009/07/31/cool-compound-hatsumimi/ How to "Get Used to" Japanese Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:37:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ryan http://howtojaponese.com/2009/07/31/cool-compound-hatsumimi/comment-page-1/#comment-902 Ryan Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:33:00 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1016#comment-902 That's ace! I thought I'd contracted it enough when I'd got to その話は初耳だ but it turns out I don't even need the 話! Superb cheese.. That’s ace! I thought I’d contracted it enough when I’d got to その話は初耳だ but it turns out I don’t even need the 話! Superb cheese..

]]> By: Jake http://howtojaponese.com/2009/07/31/cool-compound-hatsumimi/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Jake Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:08:49 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1016#comment-783 yeah, I kind of forgot about the ”　がある　” bit. haha, hope I haven't corrupted too many of your readers! Thanks for the heads up, and thanks for the cool blog (only just found it!) -Jake yeah, I kind of forgot about the ”　がある　” bit. haha, hope I haven’t corrupted too many of your readers!
Thanks for the heads up, and thanks for the cool blog (only just found it!)
-Jake

]]> By: Daniel http://howtojaponese.com/2009/07/31/cool-compound-hatsumimi/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Daniel Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:06:03 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1016#comment-782 Good point, Nick. And now that I think about it, 初めて知った is a perfectly valid phrase, so I guess 初めて聞いた really is okay...must've psyched myself out that I was speaking weird Japanese. Hey Jake, those are definitely cool phrases, but I think they're most often used in the pattern 見覚えがある. 見- and 聞き- being far more common than any others. Good point, Nick. And now that I think about it, 初めて知った is a perfectly valid phrase, so I guess 初めて聞いた really is okay…must’ve psyched myself out that I was speaking weird Japanese.

Hey Jake, those are definitely cool phrases, but I think they’re most often used in the pattern 見覚えがある. 見- and 聞き- being far more common than any others.

]]> By: Mike http://howtojaponese.com/2009/07/31/cool-compound-hatsumimi/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Mike Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:18:07 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1016#comment-775 Have to agree with Nick here. 初めて聞いた is a perfectly acceptable way of conveying the notion. As for the Eastern-European vibe, that may be for good reason. Many E. European languages have a system of declension and conjugation that renders word order fluid by comparison with English. Japanese has some similar qualities. But this 初耳 is interesting. Apparently they've got a 初目(はつめ) as well, which is sort of self-explanatory (http://monjiro.net/dic/head/29/99452/12/8). I'm starting to wonder if one can make a compound out of any of the sensory organs...there's a first time for everything after all. Have to agree with Nick here. 初めて聞いた is a perfectly acceptable way of conveying the notion. As for the Eastern-European vibe, that may be for good reason. Many E. European languages have a system of declension and conjugation that renders word order fluid by comparison with English. Japanese has some similar qualities. But this 初耳 is interesting. Apparently they’ve got a 初目(はつめ) as well, which is sort of self-explanatory (http://monjiro.net/dic/head/29/99452/12/8). I’m starting to wonder if one can make a compound out of any of the sensory organs…there’s a first time for everything after all.

]]> By: Nick http://howtojaponese.com/2009/07/31/cool-compound-hatsumimi/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Nick Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:51:13 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1016#comment-774 I have the same feeling about 初めて聞いた, and yet I am pretty sure I have actually heard it frequently from Japanese people. For what it's worth, Google has 526,000 hits for "初めて聞きました". I have the same feeling about 初めて聞いた, and yet I am pretty sure I have actually heard it frequently from Japanese people. For what it’s worth, Google has 526,000 hits for “初めて聞きました”.

]]> By: soma36 http://howtojaponese.com/2009/07/31/cool-compound-hatsumimi/comment-page-1/#comment-770 soma36 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:06:33 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1016#comment-770 Hell yes. You know you have had an interesting week when you get to use this most days! Hell yes. You know you have had an interesting week when you get to use this most days!

]]> By: Jake http://howtojaponese.com/2009/07/31/cool-compound-hatsumimi/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Jake Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:18:10 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1016#comment-761 follow up, I'm not really sure to what extent you can use it as well. I don't know how many verbs you can prefix remember with. I have yet to use やり覚える yet, so I don't know how it will go down. follow up,
I’m not really sure to what extent you can use it as well. I don’t know how many verbs you can prefix remember with. I have yet to use
やり覚える yet, so I don’t know how it will go down.

]]> By: Jake http://howtojaponese.com/2009/07/31/cool-compound-hatsumimi/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Jake Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:16:22 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1016#comment-760 that's excellent! it really is. I don't know if this has been published on the blog before, but I like this compound when pondering whether I've seen or heard of something before: verb + remember 聞き覚えるかなぁー kiki oboeru kana- 見覚えるかなぁー mi oboerukana- それが食べ覚えるかなぁー sore ga tabeoboeru kana- and so on.. it's really cool and fluid. cheers again that’s excellent! it really is.
I don’t know if this has been published on the blog before, but I like this compound when pondering whether I’ve seen or heard of something before: verb + remember

聞き覚えるかなぁー
kiki oboeru kana-
見覚えるかなぁー
mi oboerukana-
それが食べ覚えるかなぁー
sore ga tabeoboeru kana-
and so on..

it’s really cool and fluid.

cheers again

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