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
if you have any questions or if you have any comments or if you want to try to
make since using the verb here please feel
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