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أَسْمَع
I hear /ˈʔas.maʕ/
verbA2#1032 most common
Also: I listen, I can hear, I am listening to
Example sentences
أَسْمَعُ المُوسِيقَى.
I hear the music.
أَسْمَعُ صَوْتَكَ جَيِّداً.
I hear your voice well.
لا أَسْمَعُ شَيْئاً مِنْ هُنا.
I don't hear anything from here.
أَسْمَعُ أَخْباراً غَرِيبَةً عَنْ هٰذا المَوْضُوع.
I hear strange news about this topic.
عِنْدَما أَسْمَعُ هٰذِهِ الأُغْنِيَةَ، أَتَذَكَّرُ طُفُولَتِي.
When I hear this song, I remember my childhood.
لا أَكادُ أَسْمَعُ نَفْسِي أُفَكِّرُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الضَّجِيج.
I can barely hear myself think from the sheer noise.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَسْمَعُ | سَمِعْتُ | سَأَسْمَعُ |
| 2sg | تَسْمَعُ | سَمِعْتَ | سَتَسْمَعُ |
| 3sg | يَسْمَعُ | سَمِعَ | سَيَسْمَعُ |
| 1pl | نَسْمَعُ | سَمِعْنا | سَنَسْمَعُ |
| 2pl | تَسْمَعُونَ | سَمِعْتُمْ | سَتَسْمَعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَسْمَعُونَ | سَمِعُوا | سَيَسْمَعُونَ |
Word family
سَمِعَto hear
اِسْتَمَعَto listen to
سَمْعhearing, the sense of hearing
مُسْتَمِعlistener
سَمَّاعَةearphone, telephone receiver
Etymology
The verb comes from the Proto-Semitic root *šmʕ, meaning to hear. The same root survives across the family, from Hebrew to Akkadian. It is one of the oldest and most stable verbs in Semitic.
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