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[native scarab]

no

rien → nothing

rire → to laugh

[gusty lance]

🤔

Ok

I got confused cause someone said "rient"

but ig thats only for uh.. past tense?

[toxic mica]

ils rient = they laugh

it's prononce identically to il rit

[orchid lantern]

every verb in French has many forms, based on the subject (who's doing the action) and the tense (how and when the action is taking place). This process is called conjugation.

the same happens in English. "am", "are", "was", "were" for instance are all various forms of "be"

the French verb "rire", like other verbs, has many forms, including "ris" "rit" "riait" "ri" "rient" "riaient" and many others.
in "rient" and other -ent forms, the -ent is silent

[gusty lance]

ok

so i'd say it like "rien"

[orchid lantern]

no, "rient" is simply pronounced \ʁi\, like "ri"

[gusty lance]

huh.. interesting