I saw this sentence in a show 見覚えあるけど
and I got confused with the differences between 見覚えある / 見覚える / 覚える / 思い出す?
I saw this answer that explained the difference between 覚える and 思い出す but not the rest.
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5You wrote 覚える twice in the title and the body. Did you mean for there to be another word? – user3856370 Mar 24 '19 at 8:16
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Am i think i ment 覚え, – Or Halimi Mar 26 '19 at 8:15
見覚えある is used when you mention something you have seen before.
この絵、見覚えある。
I have seen this picture before.
Since 見覚え is a noun, there is no verb 見覚える. So the formal form of 見覚えある is 見覚えがある.
Additionally, there is a similar expression: 聞き覚えがある. It is used when you mention something you have heard or listened before.
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Thanks, I also saw that there is 身に覚えがある, its when someone admits on crime right? – Smiled_One Apr 7 '19 at 5:48
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1Very close. It is used to mention something you have done or experienced before. It is typically a bad thing, but not restricted to crime. Sometimes it's used to blame someone like the situation of a detective investigating a suspect. Sometimes it's used as rhetoric:
みなさんにも身に覚えがあるでしょうが ...– toshim Apr 7 '19 at 15:23
