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lire conjugation

/liʁ/

to read

irregularauxiliary: avoir

Conjugate lire (to read) in French. Present: je lis, tu lis, il/elle/on lit. Passé composé: j’ai lu. Past participle: lu. Auxiliary: avoir. Pronunciation and examples available.

Indicative

Present indicative

Tense guide
jelis/li/
tulis/li/
il/elle/onlit/li/
nouslisons
vouslisez
ils/elleslisent

Passé composé

Tense guide
j’ai lu
tuas lu
il/elle/ona lu
nousavons lu
vousavez lu
ils/ellesont lu

Imperfect indicative

Tense guide
jelisais
tulisais
il/elle/onlisait
nouslisions/li.zjɔ̃/
vouslisiez
ils/elleslisaient

Near future indicative

Tense guide
jevais lire
tuvas lire
il/elle/onva lire
nousallons lire
vousallez lire
ils/ellesvont lire

Future indicative

Tense guide
jelirai
tuliras
il/elle/onlira
nouslirons
vouslirez
ils/ellesliront

Simple past indicative

Tense guide
jelus/ly/
tulus/ly/
il/elle/onlut/ly/
nouslûmes
vouslûtes/lyt/
ils/elleslurent/lyʁ/

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Subjunctive

Present subjunctive

Tense guide
jelise/liz/
tulises
il/elle/onlise/liz/
nouslisions/li.zjɔ̃/
vouslisiez
ils/elleslisent

Imperfect subjunctive

Tense guide
jelusse
tulusses
il/elle/onlût/ly/
nouslussions
vouslussiez
ils/elleslussent

Conditional

Present conditional

Tense guide
jelirais
tulirais
il/elle/onlirait
nouslirions
vousliriez
ils/ellesliraient

Other forms

Imperative

Tense guide
(tu)lis/li/
(nous)lisons
(vous)lisez