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Romance Languages Verbs: Conjugations of Read (lire / leggere / llegir / leer / ler)

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English	French	Italian	Catalan	Spanish	Portuguese
Infinitive: to read	lire	leggere	llegir	leer	ler

Present: read(s)	lis	leggo	llegeixo	leo	leio
	lis	leggi	llegeixes	lees	lês
	lit	legge	llegeix	lee	lê
	lisons	leggiamo	llegim	leemos	lemos
	lisez	leggete	llegiu	leéis	ledes
	lisent	leggono	llegeixen	leen	leem

Imperfect: read/used to read	lisais	leggevo	llegia	leía	lia
	lisais	leggevi	llegies	leías	lias
	lisait	leggeva	llegia	leía	lia
	lisions	leggevamo	llegíem	leíamos	líamos
	lisiez	leggevate	llegíeu	leíais	líeis
	lisaient	leggevano	llegien	leían	liam

Preterite: read	lus	lessi	llegí	leí	li
(rare in French or Italian speech)	lus	leggesti	llegires	leíste	leste
(alternative Catalan below)	lut	lesse	llegí	leyó	leu
	lûmes	leggemmo	llegírem	leímos	lemos
	lûtes	leggeste	llegíreu	leísteis	lestes
	lurent	lessero	llegiren	leyeron	leram

Future: will read	lirai	leggerò	llegiré	leeré	lerei
	liras	leggerai	llegiràs	leerás	lerás
	lira	leggerà	llegirà	leerá	lerá
	lirons	leggeremo	llegirem	leeremos	leremos
	lirez	leggerete	llegireu	leeréis	lereis
	liront	leggeranno	llegiran	leerán	lerão

Conditional: would read	lirais	leggerei	llegiria	leería	leria
	lirais	leggeresti	llegiries	leerías	lerias
	lirait	leggerebbe	llegiria	leería	leria
	lirions	leggeremmo	llegiríem	leeríamos	leríamos
	liriez	leggereste	llegiríeu	leeríais	leríeis
	liraient	leggerebbero	llegirien	leerían	leriam

Present Subjunctive: read(s)	lise	legga	llegeixi	lea	leia
	lises	legga	llegeixis	leas	leias
	lise	legga	llegeixi	lea	leia
	lisions	leggiamo	llegim	leamos	leiamos
	lisiez	leggiate	llegiu	leáis	leiais
	lisent	leggano	llegeixin	lean	leiam

Imperfect Subjunctive: read	lusse	leggessi	llegís	leyera	lesse
(rare in French speech)	lusses	leggessi	llegissis	leyeras	lesses
(alternative Spanish below)	lût	leggesse	llegís	leyera	lesse
	lussions	leggessimo	llegíssim	leyéramos	lêssemos
	lussiez	leggeste	llegíssiu	leyerais	lêsseis
	lussent	leggessero	llegissin	leyeran	lessem

Affirmative Imperative: read
Singular familiar you	lis	leggi	llegeix	lee	lê
Singular formal you	lisez	legga	llegeixi	lea	leia
Let's...	lisons	leggiamo	llegim	leamos	leiamos
Plural familiar you	lisez	leggete	llegiu	leed	lede
Plural formal you	lisez	leggano	llegeixin	lean	leiam

Negative Imperative: don't read
Singular familiar you	ne lis pas	non legere	no llegeixis	no leas	não leias
Singular formal you	ne lisez pas	non legga	no llegeixi	no lea	não leia
Let's not...	ne lisons pas	non leggiamo	no llegim	no leamos	não leiamos
Plural familiar you	ne lisez pas	non leggete	no llegiu	no leáis	não leiais
Plural formal you	ne lisez pas	non leggano	no llegeixin	no lean	não leiam

Gerund: reading Present Participle: reading	en lisant lisant	leggendo leggente	llegint	leyendo	lendo
Past Participle: read	lu	letto	llegit	leído	lido

Auxiliary verb used in perfect tenses	avoir	avere	haver	haber	ter

The periphrastic past in Catalan is an alternative to the preterite. It is formed by using anar as an auxiliary verb followed by the infinitive.

vaig llegir
vas llegir
va llegir
vam llegir
vau llegir
van llegir

There is an alternative form of the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish, which is more similar to Portuguese. Simply replace -ra- with -se- for all conjugations:

leyera / leyese
leyeras / leyeses
leyera / leyese
leyéramos / leyésemos
leyerais / leyeseis
leyeran / leyesen

The future subjunctive is only used in formal or literary Spanish, but it is easy to conjugate since it is nearly identical to the imperfect subjunctive forms. The future subjunctive in Portuguese is very common and the same endings are used for the personal infinitive (see below).

Spanish	Portuguese
leyere	ler
leyeres	leres
leyere	ler
leyéremos	lermos
leyereis	lerdes
leyeren	lerem

The personal infinitive in Portuguese uses the infinitive as the stem + the endings of the future subjunctive.

ler
leres
ler
lermos
lerdes
lerem

There is an alternative form of the past perfect in Portugueuse which only uses one word rather than an auxiliary verb + past participle. These conjugations are quite similar to the imperfect subjunctive conjugations using -ra- in Spanish. However, this simple form is only used in formal or literary Portuguese. (Note that the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish using -ra- can also be used in formal or literary language as an alternative to the compound past perfect.)

lera
leras
lera
lêramos
lêreis
leram