No. 844 in Polish

usłyszał

"He heard."

In a sentence

On usłyszał dźwięk fletu dochodzący z lasu.
He heard the sound of a flute coming from the forest.
Here, 'usłyszał' is used as the past tense of 'słyszeć', meaning 'heard', indicating an action of perceiving a sound.
Uczennica usłyszała pytanie nauczyciela i odpowiedziała na nie.
The student heard the teacher's question and answered it.
In this case, 'usłyszała' conveys that the action of hearing occurred and enabled the student to respond.
Gdy przechodziliśmy obok, usłyszałem jak ktoś śpiewał.
As we were passing by, I heard someone singing.
'Usłyszałem' denotes the individual's realization or perceiving of the singing sound during their movement.

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