No. 3,772 in Russian
читать
"Читать" means "to read."
In a sentence
Я читаю книгу о приключениях.
I am reading a book about adventures.
The verb 'читать' is used in its infinitive form and conjugated in the present tense to describe the action of reading a book.
Она любит читать поэзию на природе.
She loves reading poetry in nature.
The verb 'читать' is used in its infinitive form to express a general habit or enjoyment of reading poetry.
Мы читали старинные письма вместе.
We read old letters together.
The verb 'читать' is used in the past tense to describe an action of reading old letters that occurred in the past.
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