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読よん

よん · yon

JLPT N5 verb 連用形

is the masu-stem of 読む — to read.

  • to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant
  • to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine
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How it’s built

読む 読ん

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

This spelling is the version with ん (sound change before で/だ): 読ん → 読んで.

読む is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

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Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite 読みますよみます
Polite negative 読みませんよみません
Polite past 読みましたよみました
Polite past negative 読みませんでしたよみませんでした
Let us ~ 読みましょうよみましょう
Masu-stem 読みよみ
Want to ~ 読みたいよみたい
While ~ing 読みながらよみながら
Te-form 読んでよんで
Plain past 読んだよんだ
Tara-conditional 読んだらよんだら
Progressive 読んでいるよんでいる
Plain negative 読まないよまない
Plain past negative 読まなかったよまなかった
Negative te-form 読まなくてよまなくて
Potential 読めるよめる
Ba-conditional 読めばよめば
Imperative 読めよめ
Volitional 読もうよもう
Passive 読まれるよまれる
Causative 読ませるよませる
Causative-passive 読まされるよまされる

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In real sentences

I am reading this book.

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I read a book until I get on the train.

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My mother reads the newspaper every morning before going to work.

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Other forms and spellings

読みゃ読まう読も読もう読もっ読もふ読ま読む
masu-stem of 読む