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'Oir' and 'escuchar'
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From what I see 'Oye' means more like 'hey' where escuchar is used more for the actual act of listening. For example, if you wanted to get someones attention, you would say 'Oye' where if you were speaking to someone and you had something very important to tell the person you would say 'escuchame'.
Also, if you could hear someone, you would use Oir. Ex. 'Yo le oigo'.
Fluent Spanish speakers, feel free to correct me.
Larry
Also, if you could hear someone, you would use Oir. Ex. 'Yo le oigo'.
Fluent Spanish speakers, feel free to correct me.
Larry
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Sometimes!
In many intances, when someone says "oye" it can be intertreted as trying to get someone's attention, as in "oye, como te sientes?".
"tu me estas oyendo?", or "tu me estas escuchando"?, to me, it's the same.
Also, it could be: Oir= listening to the person talk but not making eye contact, as in not making eye contact.
Escuchar= paying attention/looking to/at the person when they are talking to you.
In many intances, when someone says "oye" it can be intertreted as trying to get someone's attention, as in "oye, como te sientes?".
"tu me estas oyendo?", or "tu me estas escuchando"?, to me, it's the same.
Also, it could be: Oir= listening to the person talk but not making eye contact, as in not making eye contact.
Escuchar= paying attention/looking to/at the person when they are talking to you.
Hmmm
Could this be due to the fact that oir is an irregular verb? Therefore it used less often. In my case, not being a native speaker I almost use escuchar.
JD
Could this be due to the fact that oir is an irregular verb? Therefore it used less often. In my case, not being a native speaker I almost use escuchar.
JD
Ricardo900 said:
Because mexicans use "Oye" alot when they are changing a subject. for example if i was talking with somoene about what they were doing today and wanted to ask them if they wanted to go some where, i would say oye to changed the subject and then i would continue to ask my question.
Larry: Thats about correct what you said.
xamaicano said:
No me escuchas- You don't hear me, properly in english its like saying you don't listen to me.
I don't hear you would be- No te escucho.
about the TV.
If you are watching a show you say mirar, ( estoy mirando_______)but usually when someone says they are going to watch the tv they say (voy a ver la tele).
(this comes from my experience, others may differ)
Dragonfly32837 said:
is she's learning Spanish inthe DR she would learn 'oyte' which is wrong because it is oiste. which only means did u hear me, is like saying 'tu me ta entendiendo? are u understanding me, and people tend to use this too often, almost after every sentence!!!!! just like 'oyte'?
I grew up saying oir for hearing and escuchar for listening. Also, mirar for looking at something and ver for seeing. I noticed that in Mexico they have inverted the terms and say "te mir?" for I saw you, while I would say "te v?".
When someone says ?Escucha! it means Listen! and when someone says "no se oye nada" it means I can't hear anything. Now, to call people's attention, in Cuba they say ?Oye!, while in other countries, like Puerto Rico, they say ?Mira! (?Look!
When someone says ?Escucha! it means Listen! and when someone says "no se oye nada" it means I can't hear anything. Now, to call people's attention, in Cuba they say ?Oye!, while in other countries, like Puerto Rico, they say ?Mira! (?Look!
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