godan verb (v5k, vt) · N5
聞くkiku
to listen
- to hear
- to listene.g. to music
- to ask
Remember it
Connect the sound to "kick". Picture a kick starting a listening machine in a scene for "to listen" so the sound points straight back to the meaning.
Forms
Non-past affirmative | Past affirmative | Non-past negative | Past negative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal plain form | 聞く | 聞いた | 聞かない | 聞かなかった |
Formal -masu base | 聞きます | 聞きました | 聞きません | 聞きませんでした |
te-form
聞いて
connector — “… and then”
Godan verb — the final kana shifts depending on the form.
Learning status
learning
Recognition2 / 5
Recall2 / 5
Reading2 / 5