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entendre info.

Tips to remember the French word “entendre”:
– Associate “entendre” with the English word “understand,” which sounds a bit similar. Even though “entendre” means “to hear,” in English we sometimes say “I hear you” in the sense of understanding someone’s point.
– Think of “entendre” as part of the phrase “I can’t hear you,” which could help you remember that it deals with the act of hearing. The French equivalent is “Je ne peux pas t’entendre.”

Explanations:
“Entendre” is a regular French -re verb, and it means “to hear.” It is used similarly to the English verb, but it can also mean “to listen to” in certain contexts.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Écouter” means “to listen,” which is a close synonym but implies paying attention to the sounds, while “entendre” just implies that the sounds are being registered by the ears.

If it is infinitive, then here are the different conjugations:
– Present:
— j’entends (I hear)
— tu entends (you hear)
— il/elle/on entend (he/she/one hears)
— nous entendons (we hear)
— vous entendez (you hear, formal or plural)
— ils/elles entendent (they hear)

– Past (simple past/passe simple, used mostly in written language):
— j’entendis (I heard)
— tu entendis (you heard)
— il/elle/on entendit (he/she/one heard)
— nous entendîmes (we heard)
— vous entendîtes (you heard, formal or plural)
— ils/elles entendirent (they heard)

– Future:
— j’entendrai (I will hear)
— tu entendras (you will hear)
— il/elle/on entendra (he/she/one will hear)
— nous entendrons (we will hear)
— vous entendrez (you will hear, formal or plural)
— ils/elles entendront (they will hear)

– Imperfect:
— j’entendais (I used to hear/I was hearing)
— tu entendais (you used to hear/you were hearing)
— il/elle/on entendait (he/she/one used to hear/he/she/one was hearing)
— nous entendions (we used to hear/we were hearing)
— vous entendiez (you used to hear/you were hearing, formal or plural)
— ils/elles entendaient (they used to hear/they were hearing)

Examples of sentences that use “entendre”:
– Tu entends la musique ? (Do you hear the music?)
– Nous avons entendu un bruit étrange hier soir. (We heard a strange noise last night.)
– Elle entendra bientôt les nouvelles de sa promotion. (She will soon hear the news of her promotion.)
– Ils n’entendaient rien à cause du bruit. (They couldn’t hear anything because of the noise.)

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