mendengarkan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay mendengarkan. Equivalent to dengar + meng- -kan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mendengarkan
- (transitive) to listen to
- Saya akan mendengarkan nasihatmu
- I will listen to your advice
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of dengar (meng-, intransitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | dengar | ||||
| Active | Involuntary / Perfective |
Passive | Basic / Imperative |
Jussive | |
| Active | – | – | – | – | – |
| Locative | mendengari | terdengari | didengari | dengari | dengarilah |
| Causative / Applicative1 | mendengarkan | terdengarkan | didengarkan | dengarkan | dengarkanlah |
| Causative | |||||
| Active | memperdengar | terperdengar | diperdengar | perdengarkan | perdengarlah |
| Locative | memperdengari | terperdengari | diperdengari | perdengari | perdengarilah |
| Causative / Applicative1 | memperdengarkan | terperdengarkan | diperdengarkan | perdengarkan | perdengarkanlah |
| 1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. | |||||