GRAMMAR DETAIL

～と聞いている

to have heard that

Indicates that the speaker heard the quoted information earlier and still understands it to be so.

Examples

来週は工事で道が通れないと聞いている。

I've heard that the road will be impassable next week because of construction.

新しい図書館は来月開くと聞いています。

I've heard that the new library will open next month.

Structure: Use と聞いている after quoted content to convey information heard earlier and currently understood.
Basic usage: 新しい図書館は来月開くと聞いています。 reports the speaker's understanding of when the library will open.

Listening now and retained information
- 音楽を聞いている describes listening to music, while 来月開くと聞いている presents previously heard information as a current understanding. Distinguish the use after quotation-marking と.
Connecting the information
- 休みだと聞いている retains the nominal copula だ, while 開かないと聞いている negates the quoted information itself. Negating the final verb as 聞いていない instead means not having heard the information.