きく

聞く

listen

kiku

Quiz

JLPT: N5
Frequency: #1,127

Meanings

1
to hearu-verb (く)transitive
2
to listen (e.g. to music)u-verb (く)transitive
3
to ask; to enquire; to queryu-verb (く)transitive

JMdict 1591110

Conjugation

Form	Conjugated	Reading
Polite Present (~masu)	聞きますききます	ききます
Polite Past (~mashita)	聞きましたききました	ききました
Polite Negative (~masen)	聞きませんききません	ききません
Plain Negative (~nai)	聞かないきかない	きかない
Te-form (Connecting)	聞いてきいて	きいて
Plain Past (~ta)	聞いたきいた	きいた
Potential (Can do)	聞けるきける	きける

In a sentence

How it works

を (object) marks 音楽(おんがく) (music) as what's heard, and 聞く(きく) (listen) is the verb. Then の (that) turns the whole phrase "listening to music" into a noun, which が (subject) marks as the subject of 好き(すき) (like) — literally "listening-to-music is liked." Plain, casual, no copula at the end.

Written with

聞hear14 strokes

きく

聞く

listen

kiku

Quiz

JLPT: N5
Frequency: #1,127

Meanings

1
to hearu-verb (く)transitive
2
to listen (e.g. to music)u-verb (く)transitive
3
to ask; to enquire; to queryu-verb (く)transitive

JMdict 1591110

Conjugation

Form	Conjugated	Reading
Polite Present (~masu)	聞きますききます	ききます
Polite Past (~mashita)	聞きましたききました	ききました
Polite Negative (~masen)	聞きませんききません	ききません
Plain Negative (~nai)	聞かないきかない	きかない
Te-form (Connecting)	聞いてきいて	きいて
Plain Past (~ta)	聞いたきいた	きいた
Potential (Can do)	聞けるきける	きける

In a sentence

How it works

Written with

聞hear14 strokes