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How to say "first attempt to..." in japanese 2017/3/22 11:07
How would you say things like
"this is my first attempt to read this book"
"this is my fourth attempt to sing this song"
"this is my second attempt at playing this game"
in japanese?
by Anony (guest)  

Re: How to say 2017/3/22 12:32
In traditional Japanese, kokoromi (ŽŽ‚Ý) would be the word (or kokoromu as verb). But younger people now days probably would use the word torai (ƒgƒ‰ƒC , from English word "try") in conversations.

First attempt: ‰‚ß‚Ä‚ÌŽŽ‚Ý hajimete no kokoromi; or ‰‚ß‚ÄŽŽ‚Ý‚é hajimete kokoromiru
Second attempt: “ñ“x–Ú‚ÌŽŽ‚Ý nidome no kokoromi
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Re: How to say 2017/3/22 16:29
Have you learned the "...te miru/mimasu " construction to say "try doing something" when you don't know if you can do it or not?
If you use that structure, you can make sentences like:

Kono hon wo yonde miru no wa hajimete desu.
Kono uta wo utatte miru no wa hajimete desu.
... to say
This is the first time I am attempting to read this book
And
This is the first time I am trying to sing this song.
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Re: How to say 2017/3/22 17:26
Kono uta wo utatte miru no wa yon-kai-me desu

Kono geemu wo shite miru no wa ni-kai-me desu.

To say the second and the third sentences you mentioned earlier.
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Re: How to say 2017/3/23 09:37
Thanks guys ^^
I had totally forgotten about this "miru" thing xD
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