HEAR - Basic Verbs - Learn English Grammar

hi everybody welcome back to know your

verbs my name is Alisha and today we're going to talk about the verb here let's

get started

the basic definition of the verb here is to perceive with the ear or to get

information with your ears okay example sentences of this first web can

you hear me now I heard you singing let's look at the different conjugations

for this verb present here here's past heard past participle heard

progressive hearing now let's talk about some different meanings of this verb the

first meaning is to listen carefully to something or to give your attention to

something examples hear me out why don't you hear what he has to say so

in the first sentence hear me ouch that's kind of a set expression we use

hear me out means please listen to me or please listen carefully to my idea to my

proposal please listen carefully to what I'm going to say

hear me out so it's kind of like you're requesting someone else's attention

there in the second example why don't you hear what he has to say so yes we're

using our ears to listen sure but why don't you hear what he has to say also

suggests you should give your attention to that person so why don't you hear

what he has to say yes listen and give your attention too so listen carefully

to someone so we can use here to have this nuance the second additional

meaning for today is to receive communication examples have you heard

from him lately I've been hearing a lot about next week's meeting so this

meaning of the verb here is like to receive communication so this can mean

receiving communication with your ears but it can also mean written

communication so in the first example have you heard from him lately

that can mean like with your ears like receiving a phone call from someone but

it can also refer to receiving a letter receiving an email receiving some kind

of communication have you heard from him lately in the second example I used the

progressive tents I've been hearing a lot about next week's meeting so here

the word here is used in the progressive tents I've been hearing a lot so that

means maybe over the last few days or over the last few weeks this speaker has

been receiving information about the next week's meeting so maybe again

that's information they received with their ears but it could also be written

information written communication about next week's meeting so hearing a lot

even though the verb here is used it can also mean written communication the

third meaning for this lesson is to consider an idea but this is used in the

negative form so examples of this you want to pay for dinner I won't hear of

it I asked my boss for a raise but my boss wouldn't hear of it so we have this

expression that's hear of it hear of it where it refers to some idea for

consideration so in the first sentence the speaker says you want to pay for

dinner so that's the idea you want to pay for dinner and then I won't hear of

it meaning I won't consider that idea in

the second example sentence I asked my boss for a raise but he wouldn't hear of

it hear of it in that case refers back to asking my boss for a raise so we use

this in the negative he wouldn't hear of it I won't hear of it so this is like I

said used in the negative form so to mean I'm not going to consider that

thing

so let's go to a few variations of this verb the first variation is the

expression here here here here this is kind of an old-fashioned expression that

we use to express agreement examples a policy change here here free ice cream

on Fridays here here so these examples are kind of modern-day examples and so

it sounds a little bit strange to use here here to express your agreement

however you might hear this in movies or maybe in books in literature although

it's not used so much in everyday speech the second variation that I want to

introduce is here a case to hear a case this is an expression that's used in law

in legal proceedings so to hear a case means to give attention to someone's

legal discussion like to give your attention to like a legal argument so

examples of this the court wouldn't hear our case the judge is hearing the case

tomorrow so both of these examples are legal examples the court wouldn't hear

our case so past tense here wouldn't hear our case so it's a legal situation

this means the court so the court meaning the court system so judges

depending on your country I don't know the court or a judge or lawyers or

whoever is involved in the court system wouldn't hear meaning would not give

attention to our legal discussion to our disagreement the court wouldn't hear our

case the second example sentence the judge is hearing the case tomorrow means

that tomorrow is the planned day for the judge a judge is the person who presides

over so they kind of manage the court they are in charge of making the

decisions regarding legal disagreements saying the judge is hearing the case

tomorrow means tomorrow the judge is going to listen to our legal

disagreement all right so those are a few maybe new ways to use the verb here

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make since using the verb here please feel

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