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よむ info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Associate よむ (yomu) with the similar sounding English word "you must read," emphasizing the "yo" and "mu" sounds.
– Picture someone reading while softly saying "yo moo" like a cow, which might help to lock the sound in your memory.

Explanations:
– よむ (yomu) is a verb in Japanese that means "to read."
– It is a core verb in daily conversation and commonly used in different contexts involving reading.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 読む (よむ, yomu) is specifically "to read."
– 読書する (どくしょする, dokusho suru) can also mean "to read" or "to do reading" but often refers to the act of reading books as a hobby or activity.

Different conjugations:
– Plain Present: 読む (よむ, yomu)
– Plain Past: 読んだ (よんだ, yonda)
– Plain Negative: 読まない (よまない, yomanai)
– Plain Past Negative: 読まなかった (よまなかった, yomanakatta)
– Polite Present: 読みます (よみます, yomimasu)
– Polite Past: 読みました (よみました, yomimaa)
– Polite Negative: 読みません (よみません, yomimasen)
– Polite Past Negative: 読みませんでした (よみませんでした, yomimasen dea)
– Potential: 読める (よめる, yomeru) – can read
– Te-form: 読んで (よんで, yonde)
– Conditional: 読めば (よめば, yomeba) – if (you) read

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 私は毎日新聞を読みます。
– わたしはまいにちしんぶんをよみます。
– Watashi wa mainichi shinbun o yomimasu.
– I read the newspaper every day.

2. 子供の頃、母がよく絵本を読んでくれました。
– こどものころ、ははがよくえほんをよんでくれました。
– Kodomo no koro, haha ga yoku ehon o yonde kuremaa.
– When I was a child, my mother often read picture books to me.

3. 時間があれば、本をもっと読みます。
– じかんがあれば、ほんをもっとよみます。
– Jikan ga areba, hon o motto yomimasu.
– If I have time, I will read more books.

4. 彼は昨日の夜、その小説を読み終えました。
– かれはきのうのよる、そのしょうせつをよみおえました。
– Kare wa kinō no yoru, sono shōsetsu o yomi oemaa.
– He finished reading that novel last night.

5. 彼女は読書が好きです。
– かのじょはどくしょがすきです。
– Kanojo wa dokusho ga suki desu.
– She likes reading.

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