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What is a rien used for?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

It's used to mean nothing. You usually use ne (verb) rien

For example, I eat nothing, would be Je ne mangerien. Rien takes place of the 'pas' that you would usually use in a negative sentence.

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