No. 3,584 in Russian
слышали
"Heard."
In a sentence
Вы слышали о новом фильме?
Have you heard about the new movie?
The word 'слышали' is used in the past tense, plural or polite form to ask if someone heard something in the past.
Они не слышали, что я сказал.
They didn't hear what I said.
Here, 'слышали' is in the past tense, plural form, indicating that the subject didn't perceive the sound.
Мы слышали музыку издалека.
We heard music from afar.
In this case, 'слышали' describes the action of perceiving sounds that occurred in the past for a group including the speaker.
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