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How to say "read" in French

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lire
(v.) (Infinitive) to read
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Elle aime lire et écrire .
Shes likes to read and write.
Tu dois lire ce livre .
You have to read this book.
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vous n' avez pas envie de le lire ;
you don't want to read it;
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L - Lire
L, to read
Mouk: Serissa's Surprise! - Part 1 of 5
Facile , de lire ton message .
Easy, to read your message.
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lis
(v.) (Present) (je / tu) read
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Charlotte

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Charlotte is a FR-EN translator and live subtitler based in the U.K. She holds a BA in French and Japanese and an MA in audiovisual translation. She has worked as an English tutor in the past and considers herself a life-long language student.
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Tu lis le journal .
You're reading the newspaper.
Je lis un livre .
I'm reading a book.
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Irregular Verbs I 3
Qu'est-ce que tu lis ?
What are you reading?
"You Will Find" - Natasha St-Pier
Mais si tu lis entre les lignes
But if you read between the lines
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Ensuite je lis un livre et même deux ou trois
Then I read a book or even two or three
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lit
(v.) (Present) (il/elle / on) read[s]
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Charlotte

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Charlotte is a FR-EN translator and live subtitler based in the U.K. She holds a BA in French and Japanese and an MA in audiovisual translation. She has worked as an English tutor in the past and considers herself a life-long language student.
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Il lit un livre .
He's reading a book.
Elle lit le journal tous les jours .
She reads the newspaper everyday.
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Irregular Verbs I 4
Est-ce que Thomas lit ?
Does Thomas read?
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C' est surtout ce qu' on lit d'ailleurs dans la presse .
That's especially what we read for that matter in the press.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand on the Sixth Extinction
Et on le lit un peu comme ... on est dans un déni complet .
And we kind of read it as... we're in complete denial.
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ai...lu
(v.) (sing.) (Passé composé) (je) read
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J' ai lu un article très intéressant .
I read a very interesting article.
Je n' ai pas lu le livre .
I didn't read the book.
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The Fan of the Fan
Trois fois je l' ai lu , trois fois j' ai ri .
Three times I read it, three times I laughed.
Books Can Make You Sad
Alors , je l' ai lu . Oui , d'accord , c' est très triste quand Bartus tombe dans le ravin .
So, I read it. Yes, okay, it's very sad when Bartus falls into the ravine.
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J' ai pas lu toutes les lignes du contrat .
I didn't read every line of the contract.
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lu
(v.) (masc.) (sing.) (Past Participle) read
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Sami is a native French speaker, French-English translator and localizer originally from Paris. He studied English literature in Istanbul, Turkey, before working in translation and traveling full-time.
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Clickable Example Sentences

These examples and translations are created specifically for language learners, and are manually reviewed. Click on words to look them up.
Il a lu le journal .
He read the newspaper.
Ce livre ne sera pas lu cette année .
This book will not be read this year.
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Lu .
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Understand Irregular Past Participles (Ending in U)
Lu .
Read.
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Qu' un bouquet de roses , qu' un poème lu
Than a bouquet of roses, than a poem read
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