聞く
きく
to hear, to listen, to ask
Godan verbJLPT N5
Example Sentences
音楽を聞きます。
I listen to music.
先生に聞きました。
I asked the teacher.
ラジオを聞きません。
I don't listen to the radio.
Grammar Notes & Usage Tips
•Use を with 聞く when you're listening to music or sounds — for example, 音楽を聞く means "to listen to music."
•Use に with 聞く when you're asking someone a question — for example, 先生に聞く means "to ask the teacher."
•Don’t confuse the two meanings — 聞く can mean both "to listen" and "to ask," so the context and particles (を or に) help you know which one it is.
•JLPT N5 level
Common Phrases & Expressions
音楽を聞く
to listen to music
人に聞く
to ask someone
話を聞く
to listen to (someone’s) story
Complete Conjugation Table
Basic Forms
Dictionary Form
聞く
Masu Form
聞きます
Te Form
聞いて
Past Form
聞いた
Negative Form
聞かない
Past Negative
聞かなかった
Polite Forms
Polite Present
聞きます
Polite Past
聞きました
Polite Negative
聞きません
Polite Past Negative
聞きませんでした
Advanced Forms
Potential Form
聞ける
Passive Form
聞かれる
Causative Form
聞かせる
Causative Passive
聞かされる
Volitional Form
聞こう
Imperative Form
聞け
Conditional Forms
Conditional (ば)
聞けば
Conditional (たら)
聞いたら
Other Forms
Progressive Form
聞いている
Desire (たい)
聞きたい
Prohibition
聞くな