Read, red, read, reed

Don't worry, unless you're an English major, then everyone has troubles with it. Even the native speakers. :)

Just out of curiosity, which other lanuages have you learned?

Spanish was my first language then English then French.

Where nothing makes sense. Please tell me how cone and done are not pronounced the same way

Well, there's two ways to pronounce "read." You can pronounce it like red or like reed, they're both correct just one is past tense (red) and the other is present tense (reed). So "read" (when pronouncing it as "red") is a homonym with the word red. But "read" (when pronouncing it as "reed") isn't a homonym with red.

Thanx for taking the trouble I get it now
PS: I'm actually fluent in English but sometimes I forget the simplist things and it screws up my mind, but you set it straight again :)

No problem, I'm glad I could help. Like I said, English is hard.

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