「聞こえなくなった」 or 「聞けなくなった」?


I wanted to say: " _I became unable to hear._ "

I said: **"聞こえなくなった"** but I was corrected and told to say: **"聞けなくなった"**

That sounds strange to me. I've never even heard the verb form **"聞ける"**

  * what does "聞こえなくなった" mean?
  * what does "聞けなくなった" mean?
  * how do you say **"I became unable to hear."** ?




【聞こえる】 is the intransitive form (自動詞) of 【聞く】, which is a transitive verb
(他動詞). And 【聞ける】 is the potential form of 【聞く】

> 音が聞こえる = The sound is audible
>
> 音が聞ける = I can hear the sound

In japanese, you can use some verbs' intransitive form to express the
potential, so that you can do something, especially 【聞こえる】 and 【見える】.

The nuance between both sentences above is :

> 音が聞こえる = The sound is audible, so you can hear it and it just feels like a
> simple potential form.
>
> 音が聞ける = I can hear the sound, I have ears, or something made you be able to
> hear the sound for example.

The same goes with 【見れる】 and 【見える】, usually we would use the intransitive form
to express the potentiality.

As for you sentences :

> 聞こえなくなった = It became unaudible, so you couldn't hear it anymore.
>
> 聞けなくなった = I became unable to hear, because I had put a cask on my head for
> example.

That's the way I see them.




【聞こえる】 is the intransitive form (自動詞) of 【聞く】, which is a transitive verb
(他動詞). And 【聞ける】 is the potential form of 【聞く】

> 音が聞こえる = The sound is audible
>
> 音が聞ける = I can hear the sound

In japanese, you can use some verbs' intransitive form to express the
potential, so that you can do something, especially 【聞こえる】 and 【見える】.

The nuance between both sentences above is :

> 音が聞こえる = The sound is audible, so you can hear it and it just feels like a
> simple potential form.
>
> 音が聞ける = I can hear the sound, I have ears, or something made you be able to
> hear the sound for example.

The same goes with 【見れる】 and 【見える】, usually we would use the intransitive form
to express the potentiality.

As for you sentences :

> 聞こえなくなった = It became unaudible, so you couldn't hear it anymore.
>
> 聞けなくなった = I became unable to hear, because I had put a cask on my head for
> example.

That's the way I see them.

