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Question: Verb for "to hear from someone"?

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Author Photo by: Kersheys
Sep 13 2021, 2:40pm CST ~ 2 years, 7 mos ago. 
Question: Verb for "to hear from someone"?
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Author Photo Bituingmaykinang
Sep 13 2021, 6:00pm CST ~ 2 years, 7 mos ago. 
Context of the sentence?
 
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Author Photo PinoyTaj Badge: Supporter
Sep 13 2021, 6:21pm CST ~ 2 years, 7 mos ago. 
Ya context is needed here but If you want to say you were informed of something you can use words like: mabalitaan and daw.
 
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Author Photo sssalaset Badge: Native Tagalog Speaker
Sep 13 2021, 10:56pm CST ~ 2 years, 7 mos ago. 
Like PinoyTaj said, it's context dependent but you can use words like mabalitaan and daw.
Example:
I heard from my mother that you got a new job. "Nabalitaan (heard) ko (me) kay (from) nanay (mother) na (that) nakakuha (got/obtain) ka (you) ng (a) bagong (new) trabaho (job)."
 
I heard you got a new job. "May (there is) bago (new) ka (you) daw (term to denote that you heard this information from someone) na (a) trabaho (job).
 
Note that the translations in brackets are rough translations and some can mean different things dependent on the sentence.
 
Hope that helps!
 
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Author Photo Kersheys
Sep 14 2021, 11:03am CST ~ 2 years, 7 mos ago. 
I was looking for a sentence like "it's been along time since I heard from you".
 
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Author Photo Bituingmaykinang
Sep 14 2021, 12:28pm CST ~ 2 years, 7 mos ago. 
I was looking for a sentence like "it's been along time since I heard from you".
 
@Kersheys in this case: "matagal na akong hindi nakarinig sa iyo" or "matagal na akong walang nabalitaan sa iyo"
 
When it comes to translating to Tagalog word for word (to verb) translations won't work well. Context is highly needed for better translations
 
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