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Grammar detail: 聞く

聞く - ask or listen

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く is a verb which can mean either 'ask' or 'listen' depending on the context.

In the following examples, 聞く means 'ask':

の

が

きました。「

ですか？」
“Are you on business?”, the girl asks.

に

いた。
Who did you ask?

に

いてください。
Please ask the teacher.

In the following examples, 聞く means 'listen':

だれも

を

いていなかった。
No-one was listening to the speaker.

の

をよく

いてください。
Please listen carefully to what the teacher is saying.

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Kanji used in this grammar

聞

ブンモンきく to listen, to hear きこえる to be heard

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女

ジョニョニョウ woman; female おんな woman め woman

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人

ジンニンひと man

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仕

シジつかえる to attend to

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2

事

ジズこと thing; matter

2

誰

だれ who

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3

先

センさき ahead

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生

セイショウ life なま raw いかす to enliven いきる to live いける to arrange flowers うまれる to be born うむ to give birth to き pure, undiluted おう to grow, to sprout はえる to grow, to sprout はやす to grow, cultivate

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話

ワはなす to talk はなし talking

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