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[smoky forge]

It should be Je rien n'ai mange right ?

[fierce ore]

No, it should be « je n'ai rien mangé »

[smoky forge]

but a person is eating

why then

Ik it should be like that but why

in a similar case above I was able to justify why they did that but how can you justify object is here

when only I eat all or smth is mentioned

[fierce ore]

So, you can actually draw some parallels with English here.

I ate nothing -> Je n'ai rien mangé
Nothing was eaten -> Rien n'a été mangé

In the first case, je/I is the subject and nothing/rien is the object. In the second case, nothing/rien becomes the subejct

[smoky forge]

so is this an exception of the rule or smth ?

cause the first case is only used when object is there

from what ik

[fierce ore]

Well, one puts the emphasis on the person. The second puts the emphasis on what was eaten

They mean similar but different things

[smoky forge]

OHH so I misinterpreted the rule ?

[fierce ore]

Here, his might be more clear, taking out the object:

J'ai couru -> I ran
Personne n'a couru -> No one ran

[smoky forge]

it is not used when person is mentioned but put emphasizes on it ?

[fierce ore]

basically the two sentences have entirely different subjects

[smoky forge]

alr i get it thx

[kindred sandal]

The person IS eating, so you're not negating it. You're negating what the person is eating, which is the object