Today’s lesson provides example sentences for the verb entendre, which means to hear. We’ll also look at the reflexive form s’entendre, meaning “to get along”. Entendre comes from intendere, meaning to hear and to hold out in Classical Latin and to pay attention and understand in Medieval Latin.
entendre
to hear
Pronunciation [ɑ̃tɑ̃dʀ]
Entendre – to hear
Example sentences
For this first sentence, the expression avoir besoin de + infinitive means “to need to”.
J’entends très bien ta voix. Tu n’as pas besoin de parler si fort !
I hear your voice very well. You don’t need to talk so loudly!
For this sentence s’entendre is a reciprocal reflexive verb meaning “to get along”.
Heureusement, nos enfants s’entendent très bien. Ils adorent jouer ensemble.
Fortunately, our kids get along very well with each other. They love playing together.
For this final sentence, the reflexive s’entendre avec means to get along with. Mec means guy but can also mean boyfriend.
Isabelle s’entend très bien avec son mec.
Isabelle gets along very well with her boyfriend.
Present tense conjugation
Entendre is a regular RE verb. This means that it’s endings are the same as vendre (to sell) when conjugated in the present tense.
J’entends I hear
Tu entends You hear (singular, informal)
Il, elle entend He, she hears
Nous entendons We hear
Vous entendez You hear (plural, formal)
Ils, elles entendent They hear
Related lessons
Reference
Word of the Day archive | Lessons by David Issokson
