rire

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Participles

Present:	riant
Past:	ri

Indicative of "rire"

Irregularities are in red

	Present	Imperfect	Future	Past Historic
je	ris	riais	rirai	ris
tu	ris	riais	riras	ris
il/elle	rit	riait	rira	rit
nous	rions	riions	rirons	rîmes
vous	riez	riiez	rirez	rîtes
ils/elles	rient	riaient	riront	rirent

Indicative of "rire" (compound tenses)

	Passé Composé	Pluperfect	Future Perfect	Past Anterior
j'	ai ri	avais ri	aurai ri	eus ri
tu	as ri	avais ri	auras ri	eus ri
il/elle	a ri	avait ri	aura ri	eut ri
nous	avons ri	avions ri	aurons ri	eûmes ri
vous	avez ri	aviez ri	aurez ri	eûtes ri
ils/elles	ont ri	avaient ri	auront ri	eurent ri

Conditional of "rire"

	Present	Past
je/j'	rirais	aurais ri
tu	rirais	aurais ri
il/elle	rirait	aurait ri
nous	ririons	aurions ri
vous	ririez	auriez ri
ils/elles	riraient	auraient ri

Subjunctive of "rire"

	Present	Past	Imperfect	Pluperfect
je/j'	rie	aie ri	risse	eusse ri
tu	ries	aies ri	risses	eusses ri
il/elle	rie	ait ri	rît	eût ri
nous	riions	ayons ri	rissions	eussions ri
vous	riiez	ayez ri	rissiez	eussiez ri
ils/elles	rient	aient ri	rissent	eussent ri

Imperative of "rire"

	Affirmative Present	Negative Present	Affirmative Past
(je/j')	-	-	-
(tu)	ris	ne ris pas	aie ri
(il/elle)	-	-	-
(nous)	rions	ne rions pas	ayons ri
(vous)	riez	ne riez pas	ayez ri
(ils/elles)	-	-	-

Periphrastic tenses of "rire"

	Near Future	Recent Past
je	vais rire	viens de rire
tu	vas rire	viens de rire
il/elle	va rire	vient de rire
nous	allons rire	venons de rire
vous	allez rire	venez de rire
ils/elles	vont rire	viennent de rire

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