읽다 conjugation

The polite forms end in 요 and suit most conversations; the formal form is for announcements, presentations and first meetings. The same form works for I, you, she or they.

How 읽다 conjugates

1. Find the stem. Take 다 off 읽다 and you are left with 읽.
2. Check the last vowel. It is ㅣ, and any vowel other than ㅏ or ㅗ takes 어요.
3. Join them. 읽 + 어요 gives 읽어요.
4. Build the rest on it. The past tense adds ㅆ to the same base, giving 읽었어요, and the table above has the future and the formal form.

Using 읽다

The batchim is the double consonant ㄺ: 읽어요. A classic spelling challenge.

• 책을 읽어요.

  I read a book.

• 이것 좀 읽어 주세요.

  Please read this for me.

More regular verbs

• 타다to ride
• 내리다to get off
• 뛰다to run
• 쉬다to rest
• 죽다to die
• 웃다to laugh

Conjugate any other verb with the Korean verb conjugator, or read the guide to Korean verb conjugation for the rules behind the table.