No. 473 in Malay
mendengar
To hear.
In a sentence
Saya suka mendengar muzik ketika bersantai.
I like listening to music while relaxing.
In this sentence, 'mendengar' is used in its base form to express the act of listening to a particular thing, here 'music'.
Dia mendengar nasihat daripada gurunya dengan teliti.
He listens to advice from his teacher carefully.
In this sentence, 'mendengar' is used to denote the attentive process of listening, emphasizing comprehension.
Kami berbual-bual sambil mendengar berita di radio.
We chat while listening to the news on the radio.
Here 'mendengar' refers to the act of hearing something (news on the radio) while engaging in another activity.
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