I can't quite parse this sentence about not remembering something


> そうか  
>  そういや  
>  [ペッパー]{おまえ}は  
>  昔のユトを  
>  なにひとつ  
>  思い出せねえん  
>  だったっけ。

So the first part, そうかそういや is preamble, "Is that so? come to think of it..."
ペッパー is the name of the protagonist who's being addressed. But then I have
trouble.

昔のユト: the Ute people from the old days? ユト, so far as I can see, is only used
to refer to the Native American Ute tribe, which fits the context because this
is a Western.

So I'm assuming they are the object of the next phrase: ないひとつ思い出せねえんだったっけ

But I can't parse this. 思い出せねえんだったっけ is obviously 思い出せる, to recall, but I
can't understand this conjugation. The だったっけ ending is past tense copula plus
the -ke particle to indicate the _speaker_ is trying to remember something?

It's also confusing because so far I haven't seen any reason to think they
_are_ talking about the Ute tribe. The conversation thus far ran something
like:

> "So, Pepper, I got a message from the State Police. Some guy saw a $10,000
> bounty up near Diamond Hill. It's Wild Job, a survivor from the Cassidy
> Gang."
>
> "The Cassidy gang...?"
>
> 「そうだ  
>  ぺッパー  
>  郡警察から連絡でな  
>  ダイヤモンド・ヒルのあたりで１万ドルの首を見た奴がいる。  
>  ワイルド・ジョブって奴だよ  
>  キャシディ一味の生き残りだ。」
>
> 「キャシディ一味...?」

And no mention of "Ute"...

Here's a picture, so you can see the katakana for yourselves: ![a panel from a
manga](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q1aOk.jpg)

Having skimmed ahead, I'm now actually pretty sure it's actually a person's
name, though what "Yuto" is supposed to be in a Western setting I've no
idea...




そうか is "Is that so" or "I see". そういや is colloquialism for そういえば ("That reminds
me", "Speaking of that"). 昔のユト is a typo for 昔のコト ("things in the past"),
ないひとつ is another typo for 何ひとつ ("(not) at all", "(not) a thing").

As for 思い出せねえんだったっけ, it's colloquialism for 思い出せないのだったっけ. This った is something
called a modal-ta.

  * 思い出す to recall
  * 思い出せる can recall
  * 思い出せない cannot recall
  * 思い出せねえ cannot recall ([ai-to-ee contraction](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/18454/5010))
  * 思い出せねえんだ it's that you cannot recall ([explanatory-の](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5398/5010))
  * 思い出せねえんだった (I recalled) it's that you cannot recall ([た for recall/discovery](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/40733/5010))
  * 思い出せねえんだったっけ (I recalled) it's that you cannot recall, right? ([っけ for confirmation](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1878/5010))

So the whole sentence translates to "Oh, that reminds me, you remember nothing
about your past, huh?".

(BTW, it's usually best to paste the original image before someone asks...)




そうか is "Is that so" or "I see". そういや is colloquialism for そういえば ("That reminds
me", "Speaking of that"). 昔のユト is a typo for 昔のコト ("things in the past"),
ないひとつ is another typo for 何ひとつ ("(not) at all", "(not) a thing").

As for 思い出せねえんだったっけ, it's colloquialism for 思い出せないのだったっけ. This った is something
called a modal-ta.

  * 思い出す to recall
  * 思い出せる can recall
  * 思い出せない cannot recall
  * 思い出せねえ cannot recall ([ai-to-ee contraction](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/18454/5010))
  * 思い出せねえんだ it's that you cannot recall ([explanatory-の](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5398/5010))
  * 思い出せねえんだった (I recalled) it's that you cannot recall ([た for recall/discovery](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/40733/5010))
  * 思い出せねえんだったっけ (I recalled) it's that you cannot recall, right? ([っけ for confirmation](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1878/5010))

So the whole sentence translates to "Oh, that reminds me, you remember nothing
about your past, huh?".

(BTW, it's usually best to paste the original image before someone asks...)

