Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb rire

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb rire, along with their English translations.

rire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je ris	I laughed
tu ris	you laughed
il rit	he laughed
elle rit	she laughed
nous rîmes	we laughed
vous rîtes	you laughed
ils rirent	they laughed
elles rirent	they laughed

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