読む
解説 Definition
reads は read（読む）の三人称単数現在形です。文字を読んで意味を理解したり声に出したりする、現在の動作や習慣を表します。
Reads is the third-person singular present form of read. It describes the regular or current action of looking at written symbols and understanding or speaking their meaning when the subject is he, she, it, or another singular noun.
使い方 Usage
- he、she、it や my sister などの三人称単数の主語に使います。読むものは reads a book のように後ろに置きます。 Use reads with third-person singular subjects such as he, she, it, or my sister. Put the reading material after it, as in reads a book.
- reads aloud は「声に出して読む」。読むものを示す場合は reads the question aloud のように使えます。 Reads aloud means to speak written words. To name the material, use a form such as reads the question aloud.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
read に -s を付けた形と覚えましょう。reads は /riːdz/ と発音し、現在形 read /riːd/ の長い母音を保ちます。過去形 read /red/ との発音の違いに注意します。
Remember reads as read plus -s. It is pronounced /riːdz/, keeping the long vowel of present-tense read /riːd/. Compare this with past-tense read /red/.
例文
He reads a book every night.
彼は毎晩本を読みます。
My sister reads English stories.
私の姉は英語の物語を読みます。
The teacher reads the question aloud.
先生はその質問を声に出して読みます。
reads の類義語・関連語
reads の語源・成り立ち Etymology
reads は動詞 read の三人称単数形で、read は古英語 rǣdan にさかのぼります。もとは「助言する・解釈する」の意味もあり、文字を見て意味を読み解くことから現在の「読む」になったと考えると納得しやすい語です。関連語は reader, readable です。
Read comes from Old English rædan, a verb that could mean “advise, interpret, explain, or read.” The modern sense developed through the idea of interpreting written signs and discovering their meaning. Reads is the regular third-person singular present form, made by adding -s to read. Related modern formations include reader for a person who reads and readable for writing that can be read or understood.
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