leemos

Leemos is the present tense form used for the first person plural in the Spanish verb leer, meaning “we read.” It is used to describe reading as a current or habitual action, and can appear in statements such as “Leemos todos los días” (We read every day). While “leemos” conveys present reading, more explicit progressive sense is often expressed with estar leyendo (we are reading).

Conjugation and form: leer in the present indicative follows the regular -er verb endings, with a stem shown as le-. The full set is: yo leo, tú lees, él/ella/usted lee, nosotros leemos, vosotros leéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes leen. The form leemos is formed by combining the stem le- with -emos. The vosotros form leéis carries a diacritic to preserve the correct pronunciation.

Uso y contexto: leemos appears in both general statements and concrete descriptions of reading activity. Examples include “Leemos un libro” (We are reading a book) and “Leemos noticias cada mañana.” In many contexts, the subject pronoun is optional because the verb ending already signals the person and number.

Notas lingüísticas: el verbo leer tiene irregularidades en otros tiempos (por ejemplo, preterite leí, leíste, leyó), pero en el presente indicativo no presenta irregularidad ortográfica en la forma leemos, salvo la segunda persona plural leéis, que lleva diéresis. La forma leemos es una de las varias conjugaciones que ilustran el patrón de los verbos -er en español.