No. 3,517 in Japanese
聴い
"聴い" is the stem form of "聴く," meaning "to listen" or "to hear attentively."
In a sentence
私は新しい曲を聴いていました。
I was listening to a new song.
In this sentence, "聴いていました" is used in the past progressive tense, describing the action of actively listening to music at a previous time.
彼の話をしっかり聴いてください。
Please listen carefully to his speech.
Here, "聴いてください" is the imperative form, urging the listener to actively pay attention to and comprehend the spoken content.
その鳥の声を静かに聴いてみましょう。
Let's quietly listen to the bird's voice.
In this sentence, "聴いてみましょう" is a suggestive form, promoting the action of attempting to listen to the bird's sound attentively.
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