"Je lis le journal."

Translation: I read the newspaper.

[rich254]

Could anyone tell me the difference here between the translations :

"I read the newspaper." A fact, presuming that you read it regularly.
and
"I am reading the newspaper." Being a present situation.

I feel like sometimes even with a context this would be hard to distinguish.

[Sitesurf]

You are right, this is the difference between continuous and simple present.

Please note that in French, continuous tenses do not exist.

[Malle_Pietje]

What about something like "Je suis lisant le journal" or "Je suis en train de lire le journal"?

[Sitesurf]

The former does not work but the latter is fine and common.

[n6zs]

The single French sentence "je lis le journal" may be translated as either "I read the newspaper" or "I am reading the newspaper". Both are correct and both are accepted.

[dherna1]

what is the difference bettween lis and lit?

[Sitesurf]

all verbs are conjugated with different endings according to the subject:

• je lis, tu lis, il/elle/on lit, nous lisons, vous lisez, ils/elles lisent

[bookscoffeetea]

"Je lis le journal" is correct. "Je lit le journal is not". Both sound the same when read aloud however

[poodledog13]

What is the French word for journal?

[Sitesurf]

un journal or une revue

[TheDarkAng18]

Did any one notice that joli sounds like je lis

[Sue373744]

Please explain why this doesn't translate as: I am reading the journal

[David332970]

It can be. Duo actually accepts diary, journal, newspaper and paper.