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Participles

Present:	lisant
Past:	lu

Indicative of "lire"

Irregularities are in red

	Present	Imperfect	Future	Past Historic
je	lis	lisais	lirai	lus
tu	lis	lisais	liras	lus
il/elle	lit	lisait	lira	lut
nous	lisons	lisions	lirons	lûmes
vous	lisez	lisiez	lirez	lûtes
ils/elles	lisent	lisaient	liront	lurent

Indicative of "lire" (compound tenses)

	Passé Composé	Pluperfect	Future Perfect	Past Anterior
j'	ai lu	avais lu	aurai lu	eus lu
tu	as lu	avais lu	auras lu	eus lu
il/elle	a lu	avait lu	aura lu	eut lu
nous	avons lu	avions lu	aurons lu	eûmes lu
vous	avez lu	aviez lu	aurez lu	eûtes lu
ils/elles	ont lu	avaient lu	auront lu	eurent lu

Conditional of "lire"

	Present	Past
je/j'	lirais	aurais lu
tu	lirais	aurais lu
il/elle	lirait	aurait lu
nous	lirions	aurions lu
vous	liriez	auriez lu
ils/elles	liraient	auraient lu

Subjunctive of "lire"

	Present	Past	Imperfect	Pluperfect
je/j'	lise	aie lu	lusse	eusse lu
tu	lises	aies lu	lusses	eusses lu
il/elle	lise	ait lu	lût	eût lu
nous	lisions	ayons lu	lussions	eussions lu
vous	lisiez	ayez lu	lussiez	eussiez lu
ils/elles	lisent	aient lu	lussent	eussent lu

Imperative of "lire"

	Affirmative Present	Negative Present	Affirmative Past
(je/j')	-	-	-
(tu)	lis	ne lis pas	aie lu
(il/elle)	-	-	-
(nous)	lisons	ne lisons pas	ayons lu
(vous)	lisez	ne lisez pas	ayez lu
(ils/elles)	-	-	-

Periphrastic tenses of "lire"

	Near Future	Recent Past
je	vais lire	viens de lire
tu	vas lire	viens de lire
il/elle	va lire	vient de lire
nous	allons lire	venons de lire
vous	allez lire	venez de lire
ils/elles	vont lire	viennent de lire

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