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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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