Is "if I good remember" sentence correct?

[wojtek_himself]

Hello,
From time to time I can hear this sentence: "If I good remember...". I find it incorrect, I use "If I remember well.." in such situation.
Could you tell me please if my intuition in this matter is right? Is "If I good remember..." sentence used by native speakers?
Regards
Wojtek

[5jj]

Is "If I good remember..." sentence used by native speakers?

No. We say, "If I remember correctly" or "If my memory serves me (right/correctly)".

[BobK]

Also, people of a certain age say 'If I remember aright' [sic - one of the many 'a-' words that have passed on, leaving only a few stragglers like away and ajar.

I think that, in Br English, the word 'well' in the context of memory is more commonly used as a reinforcer of accuracy: 'I well remember the time in the sixties when I first heard the song If Your Memory Serves You Well and thought "That's a funny use of 'well' - I suppose it's American".

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[5jj]

Also, people of a certain age say 'If I remember aright'

I do. I refrained from mentioning it lest a certain moderator (who shall remain nameless; just think Star Wars) remind me once again of my advancing years. She'll probably come in anyway to pick up my 'lest' and subjunctive 'remember'.

[emsr2d2]

Are you sure you're not hearing "If I could ​remember ..."?

I say "If I remember rightly ..." - the phrase used by members of both sides of my family and so the one I grew up hearing.



You're OK, 5jj - I entirely approve of the use of "lest" and frequently use it myself. Your advancing years (your words, not mine) only serve to add to your wisdom.

[wojtek_himself]

5jj & BobK,
Thank you for your tips, I appreciate it.
One more question: I changed my original sentence "If I remember well" to "if I well remember". Would you consider this sentence as proper?

[5jj]

Neither of them is natural.

[wojtek_himself]

Are you sure you're not hearing "If I could ​remember ..."?

I'm sure, I heard it many times from non-native speakers.

5jj - Your advancing years (your words, not mine) only serve to add to your wisdom.

Thanks for writing this, I wanted to write similar thing but my English is not good enough....

Coming back to "if I good remember" : is it at least understandable to be communicative for native speakers?

[emsr2d2]

5jj & BobK,
Thank you for your tips, I appreciate it.
One more question: I changed my original sentence "If I remember well" to "if I well remember". Would you consider this sentence as proper?

We use "well" with "remember" in statements.

Do you remember that little hotel we used to stay at on Corsica?
Ah, I remember it well.

Do you remember the first car I bought?
I don't remember it well - I vaguely recall that it was green.

[SoothingDave]

"If I recall correctly" or "If I remember correctly" is so common that "IIRC" is understood as an abbreviation in "chat" speak.