聞こえる

きこえるkikoeru

hear

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like 見える

  • No potential

    聞こえる already says an ability or a state: it has no potential form.

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative聞こえますきこえますkikoemasu
    2. negative聞こえませんきこえませんkikoemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative聞こえましたきこえましたkikoemashita
    2. negative聞こえませんでしたきこえませんでしたkikoemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 聞こえてきこえてkikoete
    2. request聞こえてくださいきこえてくださいkikoete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 聞こえましょうきこえましょうkikoemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative聞こえたいきこえたいkikoetai
    2. negative聞こえたくないきこえたくないkikoetakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (5)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative聞こえるきこえるkikoeru
    2. negative聞こえないきこえないkikoenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative聞こえたきこえたkikoeta
    2. negative聞こえなかったきこえなかったkikoenakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain聞こえているきこえているkikoete iru
    2. polite聞こえていますきこえていますkikoete imasu

  4. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 聞こえたらきこえたらkikoetara

  5. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain聞こえられるきこえられるkikoerareru
    2. polite聞こえられますきこえられますkikoeraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 聞こえようきこえようkikoeyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order聞こえろきこえろkikoero
    2. ban聞こえるなきこえるなkikoeru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative聞こえればきこえればkikoereba
    2. negative聞こえなければきこえなければkikoenakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain聞こえさせるきこえさせるkikoesaseru
    2. polite聞こえさせますきこえさせますkikoesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain聞こえさせられるきこえさせられるkikoesaserareru
    2. polite聞こえさせられますきこえさせられますkikoesaseraremasu