pierwsze słyszeć
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to first hear”.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic) to be news to someone (used when the speaker wants to say that they do not know anything about the topic of the conversation, that it is new information or a surprise to them)
- Pierwsze słyszę! ― I'm hearing this for the first time!
Usage notes edit
Usually used in the first-person singular present form.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of pierwsze słyszeć: see słyszeć.
Further reading edit
- ktoś pierwsze słyszy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pierwsze słyszeć in Polish dictionaries at PWN