This is the 1549th most frequent French word.
lire
"Lire" means "to read."
The verb 'lire' is used in the present tense to describe the ongoing act of reading a specific book and is conjugated for the first person singular 'je'.
Je lis un livre sur l'histoire de France.
I am reading a book about the history of France.
Here, the verb 'lire' is used in the passé composé tense (past tense) to recount an action that occurred previously and is conjugated with 'a' (auxiliary verb avoir for third person singular 'elle') and 'lu' (past participle).
Elle a lu l'article intéressant hier.
She read the interesting article yesterday.
In this sentence, 'lire' is used in the futur simple tense to indicate a planned action in the future, conjugated for third person plural 'ils' as 'liront'.