Grammatical class

Verb

lire

(ambitransitive) to read

Details

Syllables

li-re

Phonetics

liʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

524

Freq. (movies)

618

Freq. (news)

834

Variants

Sentences

J'aime lire.

I like to read.

A1

Il peut lire.

He can read.

A1

J'adore lire.

I love reading.

A1

Je sais lire.

I can read.

A1

Je veux lire le livre.

I want to read the book.

A2

Je veux lire ce livre.

I want to read this book.

A2

Je préfère lire.

I prefer reading.

B1

Tu peux lire ce livre.

You may read this book.

B1

Tom a commencé à lire.

Tom began to read.

B1

Il aime lire des livres.

He likes reading books.

B1

Peux-tu lire l'arabe ?

Can you read Arabic?

B2

Tom sait déjà lire.

Tom already knows how to read.

C2