声をきかせて means?..

[Naguib]

Hallo all,
I was just watching some korean pop star dudes sing in Japanese, and the name of the song (and what they're saying) is: 声をきかせて. But I can't find what きかせて (or　きかせる plain form?) online. So if anyone can tell me it's appreciated!

Also, I was wondering if たれています means being lazy or something of the like - i saw it on the back of a tarepanda notebook, and I know tare means something like lazy so, is that like the verb form in present progressive??
thanks!

[Ben Bullock]

Hallo all,
I was just watching some korean pop star dudes sing in Japanese, and the name of the song (and what they're saying) is: 声をきかせて. But I can't find what きかせて (or　きかせる plain form?) online. So if anyone can tell me it's appreciated!

This is the causative form of "kiku" (きく). The meaning is "let me hear your voice".

[Ben Bullock]

Also, I was wondering if たれています means being lazy or something of the like - i saw it on the back of a tarepanda notebook, and I know tare means something like lazy so, is that like the verb form in present progressive??
thanks!

You've got some wrong information. たれ doesn't mean lazy in Japanese. たれています means ”hanging" or "drooping" or "being floppy".

[Naguib]

i looked up the causative form like you said (On Tae Kim's grammar guide) and it also says that it means "make" do something instead of "let" do something - and that when you mean let you often use kureru or ageru? So couldn't koe wo kikasete mean - make hear voice? That's a little confusing to meh.

[shimewaza]

声を聞かせて means the same thing as 声を聞かせて下さい。 The 下さい is just dropped with the effect that the sentence becomes more informal. This dropping of 下さい is very common in casual speech. It can become even more casual (maybe even a little rough) if you say 声を聞かせてくれ, which is another variation

[daraconn3460]

i looked up the causative form like you said (On Tae Kim's grammar guide) and it also says that it means "make" do something instead of "let" do something - and that when you mean let you often use kureru or ageru? So couldn't koe wo kikasete mean - make hear voice? That's a little confusing to meh.

The causative form can mean to "make" someone do something or "let" someone do something. This distinction in English refers to whether the person wants to do it or not - either way they are "caused" to do it. In this case "let me hear your voice" is the correct translation.