Présentpresent
| je (j’)span> | ris |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | ris |
| il/elle/onspan> | rit |
| nousspan> | rions |
| vousspan> | riez |
| ils/ellesspan> | rient |
More on this: Present tense: -re verbs
Bold and underlined: the ending. ◆ marks a form that breaks the rule.
| je (j’)span> | ris |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | ris |
| il/elle/onspan> | rit |
| nousspan> | rions |
| vousspan> | riez |
| ils/ellesspan> | rient |
More on this: Present tense: -re verbs
| je (j’)span> | riais |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | riais |
| il/elle/onspan> | riait |
| nousspan> | riions |
| vousspan> | riiez |
| ils/ellesspan> | riaient |
More on this: Imperfect (imparfait)
| je (j’)span> | ris |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | ris |
| il/elle/onspan> | rit |
| nousspan> | rîmes |
| vousspan> | rîtes |
| ils/ellesspan> | rirent |
More on this: Passé simple: reading the narrative tense
| je (j’)span> | rirai |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | riras |
| il/elle/onspan> | rira |
| nousspan> | rirons |
| vousspan> | rirez |
| ils/ellesspan> | riront |
More on this: Simple future (futur simple)
| je (j’)span> | ai ri |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | as ri |
| il/elle/onspan> | a ri |
| nousspan> | avons ri |
| vousspan> | avez ri |
| ils/ellesspan> | ont ri |
More on this: Passé composé with avoir · Passé composé with être
| je (j’)span> | avais ri |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | avais ri |
| il/elle/onspan> | avait ri |
| nousspan> | avions ri |
| vousspan> | aviez ri |
| ils/ellesspan> | avaient ri |
More on this: Pluperfect (plus-que-parfait)
| je (j’)span> | aurai ri |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | auras ri |
| il/elle/onspan> | aura ri |
| nousspan> | aurons ri |
| vousspan> | aurez ri |
| ils/ellesspan> | auront ri |
More on this: Future perfect (futur antérieur)
| je (j’)span> | rirais |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | rirais |
| il/elle/onspan> | rirait |
| nousspan> | ririons |
| vousspan> | ririez |
| ils/ellesspan> | riraient |
More on this: The conditional
| je (j’)span> | aurais ri |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | aurais ri |
| il/elle/onspan> | aurait ri |
| nousspan> | aurions ri |
| vousspan> | auriez ri |
| ils/ellesspan> | auraient ri |
More on this: The conditional
| je (j’)span> | rie |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | ries |
| il/elle/onspan> | rie |
| nousspan> | riions |
| vousspan> | riiez |
| ils/ellesspan> | rient |
More on this: Subjunctive: the forms
| je (j’)span> | aie ri |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | aies ri |
| il/elle/onspan> | ait ri |
| nousspan> | ayons ri |
| vousspan> | ayez ri |
| ils/ellesspan> | aient ri |
More on this: The subjunctive in the past
| tuspan> | ris |
|---|---|
| nousspan> | rions |
| vousspan> | riez |
More on this: Imperative: the three forms
| tuspan> | ne ris pas |
|---|---|
| nousspan> | ne rions pas |
| vousspan> | ne riez pas |
More on this: Imperative: the three forms
| infinitif | rire |
|---|---|
| participe présent | riant |
| participe passé | ri |
More on this: Irregular past participles · The gérondif: en parlant
Every sentence comes from this course’s word lists or grammar topics. The verb form is highlighted, and the line below says which tense and person it is.
Nous avons ri tout l’après-midi.We laughed all afternoon.
ri — participe passé
Il faut prendre un ris avant la nuit.A reef has to be taken before nightfall.
ris — Présent · je (j’); Présent · tu
Un fou rire a coupé la scène en deux.A fit of the giggles cut the scene in two.
rire — infinitif
Ce virelangue fait rire toute la classe.This tongue-twister makes the whole class laugh.
rire — infinitif
Le pataquès fait rire aux dépens de celui qui parle.A botched liaison gets the laugh, and it is at the speaker’s expense.
rire — infinitif
Tout le monde a ri.Everyone laughed.
ri — participe passé
Wrong Je vais à PA-ris.
Right Je vais à Pa-RIS.
Say French words with English stress and you put it at the front: “PA-ris”, “CA-me-ra”, “RES-tau-rant”. That does not only sound foreign, it makes words harder to recognise, because a French listener expects the weight at the end. And anyone who takes an accent mark for a stress mark will say école with the weight on the é — it belongs at the end, on -cole.
5 gaps, first from the example sentences above, then from the table. Every answer counts towards your reviews.
The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.