
leer Conditional Conjugation
leer — to read
The conditional of leer is regular: add the endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
leer Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use this for hypotheticals (I would read more if I had time) or to report what someone said they would read in the future.
Notes on leer in the Conditional
Leer is regular in the conditional. The double 'e' from the infinitive is maintained.
Example Sentences
Leería más si tuviera más tiempo libre.
I would read more if I had more free time.
yo
¿Leerías este libro si te lo presto?
Would you read this book if I lend it to you?
tú
Dijeron que leerían el documento hoy.
They said they would read the document today.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: lería
Correct: leería
Why: Just like the future, you must keep both 'e's from the infinitive 'leer'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: leo
Leer is regular in the present tense, following standard -er endings: leo, lees, lee, leemos, leéis, leen.
Preterite
yo: leí
The preterite of leer features a spelling change where 'i' becomes 'y' in the third-person forms: leyó and leyeron.
Imperfect
yo: leía
The imperfect of leer is regular for -er verbs: leía, leías, leía, leíamos, leíais, leían.
Future
yo: leeré
The future tense of leer is regular: simply add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: lea
The present subjunctive of leer is regular: lea, leas, lea, leamos, leáis, lean.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: leyera
The imperfect subjunctive of leer uses the 'y' from the preterite: leyera, leyeras, leyera, leyéramos, leyerais, leyeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: lee
Give commands with leer: lee (tú), lea (usted), leamos (nosotros), leed (vosotros), lean (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no leas
Negative commands for leer always use the present subjunctive forms: no leas, no lea, no leamos, no leáis, no lean.