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rester conjugation

/ʁɛs.te/

to stay, to remain

regularauxiliary: être

Conjugate rester (to stay, to remain) in French. Present: je reste, tu restes, il/elle/on reste. Passé composé: je suis resté. Past participle: resté. Auxiliary: être. Pronunciation and examples available.

Indicative

Present indicative

Tense guide
jereste/ʁɛst/
turestes/ʁɛst/
il/elle/onreste/ʁɛst/
nousrestons/ʁɛs.tɔ̃/
vousrestez/ʁɛs.te/
ils/ellesrestent/ʁɛst/

Passé composé

Tense guide
jesuis resté
tues resté
il/elle/onest resté
noussommes restés
vousêtes restés
ils/ellessont restés

With être and reflexive verbs, the past participle often agrees with the subject. The table shows common masculine forms and plural agreement.

Imperfect indicative

Tense guide
jerestais/ʁɛs.tɛ/
turestais/ʁɛs.tɛ/
il/elle/onrestait/ʁɛs.tɛ/
nousrestions/ʁɛs.tjɔ̃/
vousrestiez/ʁɛs.tje/
ils/ellesrestaient/ʁɛs.tɛ/

Near future indicative

Tense guide
jevais rester
tuvas rester
il/elle/onva rester
nousallons rester
vousallez rester
ils/ellesvont rester

Future indicative

Tense guide
jeresterai
turesteras
il/elle/onrestera
nousresterons
vousresterez
ils/ellesresteront

Simple past indicative

Tense guide
jerestai
turestas/ʁɛs.ta/
il/elle/onresta
nousrestâmes
vousrestâtes
ils/ellesrestèrent

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Subjunctive

Present subjunctive

Tense guide
jereste/ʁɛst/
turestes/ʁɛst/
il/elle/onreste/ʁɛst/
nousrestions/ʁɛs.tjɔ̃/
vousrestiez/ʁɛs.tje/
ils/ellesrestent/ʁɛst/

Imperfect subjunctive

Tense guide
jerestasse
turestasses
il/elle/onrestât
nousrestassions
vousrestassiez
ils/ellesrestassent

Conditional

Present conditional

Tense guide
jeresterais
turesterais
il/elle/onresterait
nousresterions
vousresteriez
ils/ellesresteraient

Other forms

Imperative

Tense guide
(tu)reste/ʁɛst/
(nous)restons/ʁɛs.tɔ̃/
(vous)restez/ʁɛs.te/

Past participle

Tense guide
resté/ʁɛs.te/
restée
restés
restées