聞ける
きける
to tell
Meanings
Rare and archaic meanings (1)
Ichidan verb, Transitive
to tellArchaic
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 聞けるきける | 聞けますきけます |
| Negative | 聞けないきけない | 聞けませんきけません |
| Past | 聞けたきけた | 聞けましたきけました |
| Past negative | 聞けなかったきけなかった | 聞けませんでしたきけませんでした |
| Te-form | 聞けてきけて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 聞けられるきけられる |
| Passive | 聞けられるきけられる |
| Causative | 聞けさせるきけさせる |
| Volitional | 聞けようきけよう |
| Imperative | 聞けろきけろ |
| Conditional (ば) | 聞ければきければ |
| Conditional (たら) | 聞けたらきけたら |
Example sentences
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I'm happy to hear your voice.
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I'm glad to meet you.
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It's good to hear your voice again.
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I am happy to hear your voice.
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I wasn't able to ask for your phone number again.
More examples (9)
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It's nice to hear your voice, too.
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Hear and see and be still.
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I am happy to hear your voice.
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I can't ask for the test results. I'm too terrified to hear them.
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There are none so deaf as those who won't hear.
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You can hear the news on the radio at nine o'clock.
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I arrived too late to hear his speech.
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If you shout from the top of a cliff, you can hear the echo of your voice.
「ごめん、傷つけちゃった?」「うん、ちょっとね。でもトムの本当の気持ちが聞けてよかったよ」
"Sorry, did I hurt you?" "Yeah, a little. But it was nice to hear Tom's true feelings."