JLPT N3 Intermediate
話しかける
To start talking to someone or initiate a conversation.
Readings
Other forms
話しかけます polite form
話しかけない plain negative
話しかけた plain past
話しかけて te-form
話し掛ける alternative kanji
Verb (Ichidan, Transitive)
To start talking to someone
Describes the active step of addressing someone to begin a conversation.
Example
電車 で 隣 の 人 に 話しかけられました 。
The person sitting next to me on the train started talking to me.
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