First time

[TengoSueno]

Can I check my understanding of these words when written together?

First in this context is an adjective and time is a noun. If it were written Firsttime or First-time (which I know is wrong) what would the new contracted word be?

[DadDadDad]

Give us an example of how you would use it as that will probably answer the question. For example, one usage I can think of is: "I'm a first-time poster on this forum" where first-time is an adjective.

[TengoSueno]

Thanks. This is the context:

[ First time eating Spanish.] Adjective then noun then Finite form verb? How would you interpret this sentence?

[DadDadDad]

Well, I think it's not a "proper" sentence because it contains no main verb - it would have to be: "This is my first time eating Spanish".

I think "first time eating Spanish" is a noun phrase, with "time" as the head noun modified by the participle phrase "eating Spanish" and then by the adjective "first".