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чита́ть

Daily used word (top 300)

Verb aspects

Imperfective (ongoing or repeatedly):
read
Perfective (completed or one-time):

read; give (public speaking)

read (for a while); honour

to read

Translation

  • 1.

    read(чита́ть)

  • 2.

    read (for a while)(почита́ть)

  • 3.

    honour, respect, esteem, revere, hold sacred, consider, think(почита́ть)

Examples

Past

imperfective
masculineчита́л
feminineчита́ла
neuterчита́ло
pluralчита́ли

Present

 imperfective
ячита́ю
тычита́ешь
он/она́/оно́чита́ет
мычита́ем
вычита́ете
они́чита́ют

Future

imperfective
ябу́ду чита́ть
тыбу́дешь чита́ть
он/она́/оно́бу́дет чита́ть
мыбу́дем чита́ть
выбу́дете чита́ть
они́бу́дут чита́ть

Imperatives

imperfective
тычита́й!
вычита́йте!

Participles

Active present

чита́ющий

someone who is reading (reader)

Active past

чита́вший

someone who was reading

Passive present

чита́емый

something which is being read

Passive past

чи́танный

something that was being read

Gerund present

чита́я

while doing (present)
Gerund past

читав чита́вши

while doing (past)

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