The meaning of "first"?

Question

1. I came to Hakodate first on honeymoon in 1992.
2. I first came to Hakodate on honeymoon in 1992.

Could you tell me what is the difference?

Answer 1

1. On your honeymoon you stopped at Hakodate first. (You are not saying you had never been there before)

2. The first time you had ever been to Hakodate was on your honeymoon. (Here you are openly stating that this is your first time in Hakodate.)

So the meaning of first is being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.

Answer 2

There is a second part to the first sentence that is not written, but it's implied. Whoever says it like that and keeps the conversation going, more likely will talk about a second time he/she came to Hakodate, which is still not mentioned.
"I came to Hakodate first on honeymoon in 1992. I came back the year after that on a business trip that time".
In the second sentence, there is also a second unwritten part to the sentence, but this time will more likely elaborate on what is already being said. "I first came to Hakodate on honeymoon in 1992. It was during the summer and the weather was gorgeous".

Answer 3

(1) would usually be written "I came to Hakodate for the first time on (my) honeymoon in 1992."

(2) is correct but could also be written "The first time I came to Hakodate was on (my) honeymoon in 1992."

The last line should be "Could you tell me what the difference is?"

Answer 4

1: Just you went to Kakodate on your honeymoon in 1992
2: It was the first time you'd been to Kakodate but you've been back since. The first implys that there have been other visits to the plac.e

Answer 5

1. first represents an order, as in you went a number of place but went to Hakodate first then the others

2. First represent the first time you've ever been there, you were never ther before now

Answer 6

#1 first could imply you went on honeymoon to Hakodate and then went somewhere else.
#2 first could imply you have been to Hakodate more than once

....maybe

Answer 7

Buddy... this is better

I first went to hakodate on my honeymoon in 1992

came is pretense

went is postence

Answer 8

First is in a different spot. The 2nd one is the correct useage.

Answer 9

Bamma from Hakodate. Bamma say wow how you hear of it. Bamma say big differences. Bamma say number one you left your wife behind on your honeymoon. Bamma say you got there a day before she did. Bamma say that second on mean the first time you ever visit Bamma hometown. Bamma say hurry back now you hear. Bamma say so.

Answer 10

#2 is correct
the first one sounds funny, I'm sure there is a grammatical reason why it is incorrect but I use the "sounds funny" rule of thumb.