verb to read tenses

Question

Why is this verb pronunciation so weird?

I mean, in present is written "read", and in the past is also "read", but they are pronounced differently (riid and red, if I'm right). Is there a reason?

Answer 1

Yes, one is pronounced reed (meaning she will read the book) and one is pronounced red, (she read the book). They are spelled the same.

She's still learning to read. - intransitive, transitive (not used in the progressive tenses) to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols.

I read about the accident in the local paper. - intransitive, transitive (not used in the progressive tenses) to discover or find out about somebody/something by reading.

Answer 2

Yes, they are both pronounced the same and unfortunately the only explanation I can come up with is that English is a strange and irregular language.....