Usually obsolete words are used by poets or writers to recreate the historical era of a particular time. However, even from our grandparents, we often hear expressions unfamiliar to us. For example, what does it mean to "hear"? By using this word, are we keeping our Russian roots or are we not moving into the future?
What does the word "heed" mean?
Listen - this is archaism. This definition refers to obsolete structural units of the language, which are not currently used due to their replacement with new ones.
Obsolete word - "listen". What does "heed" mean? Listen to someone, pay attention to what is said, or respond with interest to another person's request.
This is a high-sounding word. It can often be found in the poetic works of Alexei Pleshcheev. For example, in the poem “Forward! Without fear and doubt…”:
Listen well, brothers, to the word of a brother, While we are full of youthful strength:
Forward, forward, no return, Whatever rock in the distance promises us!
A modern alternative to the word
What does "listen" - we found out. In the modern lexicon, this word is practically not used. It is simply necessary to find synonyms for it. The word is obsolete, and through synonymous replacements you can understand exactly what it is about.
So, the following words are considered an alternative to "I will listen":
- hear;
- understand;
- understand;
- realize;
- comprehend.
The last verb may be perceived by the reader as not entirely appropriate. However, in a certain context, it is he who will come in handy.
Phraseologisms
Recall that a phraseological unit is a stable verbal expression that cannot be changed or rearranged in it by words. It seems that the use of phraseological units in our everyday speech somewhat limits the creative possibility of the language. And if you look at this fact from the other side, then a lot of superfluous words can be replaced by one capacious laconic phrase - a phraseological unit.
The word "listen" is contained in the following idioms:
1. "To listen to the voice of reason" means to listen to your intuition, to perceive the current situation objectively, adequately, putting aside all emotions.
2. "I will listen to your wisdom" - this phrase can often be found in biblical parables. For example: “My son! Pay attention to my wisdom and lend your ear to my understanding … ". From the context, it can be understood that this phraseological unit means that you need to listen to the wise advice of elders, takingand adapting it to your life.
The verb cannot be put into the future tense
If you mentally forget about the obsolete meaning of the word, then only synonyms will remain in your head. What does “I will listen” mean if you look at this word from a different angle? One of the meanings of the verb is "to pay special attention to something".
The modern analogue of "to listen" is to "understand". The last word can be put in the future tense. And our ancestors, apparently, did not realize that the verb has three tenses: past, present and future. Therefore, the word "listen" has no future tense. Only real. However, this has its own special wisdom of acting “here and now.”
What does "listen" mean? We hope that we have opened one more unsolved mystery for the reader. However, the content of the word "listen" lies on the surface.
By the way, when answering a phone call, instead of the usual “Hello” or “Yes”, you can say the original Russian word “listen”. Try it. Surely you can surprise your friend on the other side of the phone.
