reads
読む
解説 Definition
reads は read（読む）の三人称単数現在形です。主語が he、she、it、または単数の人や物のときに、読むという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.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
reads は read に -s を付けた三人称単数現在形で、he、she、it や単数名詞を主語にします。現在形の read は /riːd/、reads は /riːdz/ と発音し、過去形 read /red/ とは母音が異なります。reads a book、reads aloud の定型で覚えましょう。
Add -s to the base verb read when a present-tense subject is he, she, it, or one singular person or thing: “He reads every night.” The ending is pronounced /z/, so reads is /riːdz/. This pronunciation keeps the long vowel of present-tense read /riːd/ and differs from past-tense read /red/, even though the spelling is identical. Learn common combinations such as reads a book, reads English stories, and reads aloud. The last expression means speaking written words so that others can hear them.
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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