Lugesid

Lugesid is a finite verb form in Estonian. It is the past tense form of the verb lugema, meaning to read, and is used for the second person singular (you read) and for the third person plural (they read). The corresponding third person singular past form is luges, while lugesid is used specifically for those two subject perspectives.

In usage, lugesid indicates that the action of reading occurred in the past. The subject is typically clear from context or indicated by a pronoun, but lugesid itself signals the past-tense reading action when the subject is you or they. The form can appear in both written and spoken Estonian, commonly in narratives, descriptions, and reported speech.

Examples:

- Sa lugesid raamatut kogu öö. (You read a book all night.)

- Nad lugesid uudist ja arutasid seda. (They read the news and discussed it.)

Morphology note: Estonian verbs form past tense through person-specific endings. Lugema’s past tense forms include lugesin (I read), lugesid (you read; they read), lugesime (we read), lugesite (you all read), and lugesid (they read or you all read, depending on subject). The identical spelling lugesid can thus function as the second person singular past and the third person plural past, with the subject determined by context.

See also: Estonian language, Estonian verb conjugation, past tense in Estonian.