聞いてください
解説 Definition
聞く、耳を傾けるという意味です。命令文の listen は「聞いてください」「よく聞いて」という呼びかけとして使われます。
To listen is to direct your attention toward a sound or toward someone who is speaking. In the imperative, Listen or Please listen asks another person to pay attention to what they are about to hear.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
listen の核は、音が自然に耳へ入る hear とは違い「注意を向けて聞く」です。命令文の Listen. は「聞いて」「よく聞いて」という呼びかけになります。対象を続けるときは listen to this song、listen to the teacher のように必ず to を置く、と典型表現ごと覚えましょう。
Remember listen as active, attentive hearing. Sounds may reach you automatically, but you listen when you deliberately focus on them. This contrast helps separate listen from hear. In commands, Listen! or Please listen means “pay attention to what you are hearing or what I am about to say.” When you name the sound, person, or thing receiving attention, use to: listen to this song, listen to the teacher, and listen carefully to the instructions. The silent t in the usual pronunciation /ˈlɪsən/ is important: the spelling contains t, but normal speech does not pronounce it.
例文
Please listen.
聞いてください。
Listen to this song.
この歌を聞いてください。
Listen carefully to the teacher.
先生の話をよく聞いてください。
listen の類義語・関連語
listen の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 hlysnan（耳を傾ける）が語源で、ゲルマン祖語 *hlusinōn に遡る。語頭の hl- が中英語期に l- に簡略化された。関連語：list（傾聴する、古語）、loud（大声の、同じ語根）。「音を聞き取ろうと注意を向ける」という能動的な意味が核にある。
Listen comes from Old English hlysnan, meaning “to listen or attend to,” and has cognates in other Germanic languages. During the history of English, the initial consonant group was simplified, producing the modern form beginning with l. The word has consistently emphasized attentive perception rather than the mere physical reception of sound. Its spelling retains a t that is silent in the standard modern pronunciation, /ˈlɪsən/.
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