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The simplest form of verb for 'listen' is 'audio' or 'audire',
as noted on this page from the University of Notre Dame:
"to hear , listen; to learn a thing by hearing"
http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?listen
The pluperfect subjunctive tense will translate to 'I should
have listened (or heard), as noted on this page by Dieter Goebel
on his faculty sub-site at a university website on which he
conjugates some common verbs, including audio/audire:
Pluperfect Subjunctive
audivissem - I should have listened (or heard)
audivisses - you should have listened
audivisset - he should have listened
audivissemus - we should have listened
audivissetis - you should have listened
audivissent - they should have listened
http://faculty.acu.edu/~goebeld/latin/authors/grammar/tables/verbs/active.htm
The following page on About.com is devoted entirely to
the conjugation of the same verb, for which it notes the
principal parts to be: audio, audire, audivi, auditus
It more precisely names the pertinent tense as
"Pluperfect Tense Active Voice Subjunctive Mood"
Singular Plural
1 audivissem audivissemus
2 audivisses audivissetis
3 audivisset audivissent
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_verbs_4thconj.htm
Finally, this page from Wikipedia on Latin conjugation also
uses the same verb as an example, labelling the pertinent
tense, "Subjunctive Active Pluperfect", and noting that it
can be translated both as "I should have listened" and "I
would have listened", using the example of the verb for
'carry'. It also notes that you may accentuate it as
aud?vissem:
"Port?vissem is translated as 'I should have carried,' or
'I would have carried.'"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_conjugation
As in many languages, the 'I' is implied by the ending, and need
not be stated, though it may be. In the Catholic confessional
pardon, e.g., "I absolve you" is spoken, "Ego te absolvo", but
it could just as well be said, "Te absolvo".
So you have a choice of saying, "Audivissem [name]", or "Ego
audivissem [name].
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