āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to listen
01
āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž
to give our attention to the sound a person or thing is making
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The children listened in awe as the storyteller spun her tale.
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to take notice of what someone says and consider or accept their advice
Transitive: to listen to a person or their advice
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
If you listen to your parents, you'll make better choices.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž
to listen carefully or pay close attention to what one is going to say
Intransitive
Transitive: to listen to sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Just listen for a moment â Iâll explain exactly what needs to be done.
āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻ¨âāĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤
listen
01
āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§, āĻļā§āĻ¨
used to ask someone to listen carefully or pay close attention to what one is going to say
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Listen, I want you to come with me.
āĻļā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
listener
listening
listen
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
