rire
to laughIrregularਇਹ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਨਿਯਮ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੰਨਦੀ — ਹਰ ਰੂਪ ਵੱਖਰਾ ਯਾਦ ਕਰਨਾ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
| Person | Presentnow, habits | Passé composécompleted past | Imparfaitongoing past | Futur procheabout to | Futur simplewill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | rissounds the same as another form in this tense | ai ri | riaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais rire | riraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | rissounds the same as another form in this tense | as risounds the same as another form in this tense | riaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas riresounds the same as another form in this tense | rirassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | ritsounds the same as another form in this tense | a risounds the same as another form in this tense | riaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va riresounds the same as another form in this tense | rirasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | rions | avons ri | riions | allons rire | rironssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | riez | avez ri | riiez | allez rire | rirezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | rientsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont ri | riaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont rire | rirontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. ris covers both "I laugh" and "I am laughing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and ri does not — ai ri.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so rions gives you riais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; rire never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on rir-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
Three more forms worth knowing
Not among the five TEF/TCF-scored tenses above, but common past A1–A2.
Passé récentjust happened
| je | viens de rire |
|---|---|
| tu | viens de rire |
| il/elle | vient de rire |
| nous | venons de rire |
| vous | venez de rire |
| ils/elles | viennent de rire |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | ris |
|---|---|
| nous | rions |
| vous | riez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en riant
What this table tells you about rire
The past participle is ri, and it takes avoir in the passé composé — so it never changes shape, whoever the subject is. No agreement to remember here.
The futur simple is built on rir-, which is just the infinitive — the endings are the whole story, nothing new to learn for this tense.
In both the present and the imparfait, je, tu, il/elle and ils/elles are one sound: ris, rit, rient — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know rions you already know riais, riait and riaient. Futur proche keeps rire untouched.