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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

чита́ть

verb, imperfective
Partner прочита́ть, почи́тать, проче́сть
very often used word (#282)

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Translation

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read

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Examples

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Пожалуйста, чита́йте между строк. Please read between the lines.
Я чита́л кни́гу. I read a book.
Ма́льчик, кото́рый чита́ет кни́гу, — Джон. The boy reading a book is John.
Я ещё не око́нчил чита́ть кни́гу. I haven't finished reading the book yet.
Ты в после́днее вре́мя чита́л какие-то интере́сные кни́ги? Have you read any interesting books lately?
У отца́ есть привы́чка чита́ть газе́ты пе́ред за́втраком. Father is in the habit of reading the paper before breakfast.
Когда чита́ешь кни́гу на англи́йском, плоха́я иде́я иска́ть перево́д ка́ждого слова, кото́рого не зна́ешь. When you're reading an English book, it isn't a great idea to look up every word you don't know.
Лишь немно́гие студе́нты мо́гут чита́ть на латы́ни. Only a few students can read Latin.
У меня нет вре́мени чита́ть. I don't have time for reading.
Я мог чита́ть между строк. I could read between the lines.

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Imperative

singular	чита́й
plural	чита́йте

Past

male	чита́л
female	чита́ла
neuter	чита́ло
plural	чита́ли

Present / Future

	Present	Future
я	чита́ю	бу́ду чита́ть
ты	чита́ешь	бу́дешь чита́ть
он/она́/оно́	чита́ет	бу́дет чита́ть
мы	чита́ем	бу́дем чита́ть
вы	чита́ете	бу́дете чита́ть
они́	чита́ют	бу́дут чита́ть