読む

よむyomu

read

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 飲む, 含む, 進む, 住む, 楽しむ, 悩む

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The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative読みますよみますyomimasu
    2. negative読みませんよみませんyomimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative読みましたよみましたyomimashita
    2. negative読みませんでしたよみませんでしたyomimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 読んでよんでyonde
    2. request読んでくださいよんでくださいyonde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 読みましょうよみましょうyomimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative読みたいよみたいyomitai
    2. negative読みたくないよみたくないyomitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative読むよむyomu
    2. negative読まないよまないyomanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative読んだよんだyonda
    2. negative読まなかったよまなかったyomanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain読んでいるよんでいるyonde iru
    2. polite読んでいますよんでいますyonde imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain読めるよめるyomeru
    2. polite読めますよめますyomemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 読んだらよんだらyondara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain読まれるよまれるyomareru
    2. polite読まれますよまれますyomaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 読もうよもうyomō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order読めよめyome
    2. ban読むなよむなyomu na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative読めばよめばyomeba
    2. negative読まなければよまなければyomanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain読ませるよませるyomaseru
    2. polite読ませますよませますyomasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain読ませられるよませられるyomaserareru
    2. polite読ませられますよませられますyomaseraremasu