читам

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čitati, usually with an additional intensive nuance compared to чета (četa). Attested in Western and Southern dialects. Cognate with Russian чита́ть (čitátʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃitɐm]

Verb

чи́там • (čítam) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (dialectal, transitive) Alternative form of чета (četa)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of чи́там (conjugation 3, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	чи́тащ čítašt	чи́тал, чита́л1 čítal, čitál1	чи́тал čítal	чи́тан čítan		чи́тайки čítajki
	definite subject form	чи́тащият čítaštijat	чи́талият, чита́лият1 čítalijat, čitálijat1	—	чи́таният čítanijat
	definite object form	чи́тащия čítaštija	чи́талия, чита́лия1 čítalija, čitálija1	—	чи́тания čítanija
feminine	indefinite	чи́таща čítašta	чи́тала, чита́ла1 čítala, čitála1	чи́тала čítala	чи́тана čítana
	definite	чи́тащата čítaštata	чи́талата, чита́лата1 čítalata, čitálata1	—	чи́таната čítanata
neuter	indefinite	чи́тащо čítašto	чи́тало, чита́ло1 čítalo, čitálo1	чи́тало čítalo	чи́тано čítano	чи́тане čítane
	definite	чи́тащото čítaštoto	чи́талото, чита́лото1 čítaloto, čitáloto1	—	чи́таното čítanoto	чи́тането čítaneto
plural	indefinite	чи́тащи čítašti	чи́тали, чита́ли1 čítali, čitáli1	чи́тали čítali	чи́тани čítani	чи́тания, чи́танета čítanija, čítaneta
	definite	чи́тащите čítaštite	чи́талите, чита́лите1 čítalite, čitálite1	—	чи́таните čítanite	чи́танията, чи́танетата čítanijata, čítanetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		чи́там čítam	чи́таш čítaš	чи́та číta	чи́таме čítame	чи́тате čítate	чи́тат čítat
imperfect		чи́тах čítah	чи́таше čítaše	чи́таше čítaše	чи́тахме čítahme	чи́тахте čítahte	чи́таха čítaha
aorist		чи́тах, чита́х1 čítah, čitáh1	чи́та, чита́1 číta, čitá1	чи́та, чита́1 číta, čitá1	чи́тахме, чита́хме1 čítahme, čitáhme1	чи́тахте, чита́хте1 čítahte, čitáhte1	чи́таха, чита́ха1 čítaha, čitáha1
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and чи́тал m, чи́тала f, чи́тало n, or чи́тали pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and чи́тал m, чи́тала f, чи́тало n, or чи́тали pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and чи́тал m, чи́тала f, чи́тало n, or чи́тали pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and чи́тал/чита́л1 m, чи́тала/чита́ла1 f, чи́тало/чита́ло1 n, or чи́тали/чита́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			чи́тай čítaj			чи́тайте čítajte

¹Dialectally marked.

Derived terms

• дочитам (dočitam, “to read to the end”)
• зачитам (začitam, “to start reading”)
• изчитам (izčitam, “to read all”)
• отчитам (otčitam, “to account”)
• почитам (počitam, “to honour”)
• пречитам (prečitam, “to reread”)
• прочитам (pročitam, “to read up”)
• разчитам (razčitam, “to rely”)
• считам (sčitam, “to consider”)

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃitam]
• Rhymes: -itam
• Hyphenation: чи‧там

Verb

читам (čitam)

1. first-person singular present of читац (čitac)