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I need help
I need to know what's the difference between listen and hear.
I dont know how say these: - I listened in my computer a sound about barbershop.
or- I heard a sound about barbershop.
Great question.
Hear - is the general thing that happened or is happening - You heard the car driving. I can hear your computer making noise.
Listen - is a direct action... I am listening to music. I am listening to your computer making noise.
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I need help
I need to know what's the difference between listen and hear.
I need to know what[ ] the difference is between listen and hear. (un poco más natural)
I dont know how say these:
I don't know how to say this:
- I listened in my computer a sound about barbershop.
I listened on/with my computer ....
or- I heard a sound about barbershop.
No entiendo bien lo que quieres decier con "a sound about barbershop."
You can "hear" anything.
"listen" = "hear" + ("understand" or "try to understand")
oír = hear
esuchar = listen to
I need help
I need to know what's the difference between listen and hear.
I dont know how say these: - I listened in my computer a sound about barbershop.
or- I heard a sound about barbershop.
This should be put in the Answers section usually, but I'll answer it here.
The difference is in intent. If I hear something, that means that I may have been expecting it, but perhaps not. If you here a knock on the door, and weren't expecting it, you would not say that you were listening for it.
If you listen to something, you expect to hear something. If I listen to a CD, I have put a CD in my player and I am expecting to hear it. If I listen to somebody, I expect that they will say something.
If I say I hear a voice, it would give the idea that I was not listening for it and did not expect it.
I hope this helps.
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