rester conjugation: all tenses in French, with meaning

/ʁɛste/

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Translation

to stay, to remain

Word origin

From Latin restare ('to stay behind, to remain'), from re- ('back') and stare ('to stand').

Origin: Latin
Root: restare
English cognates: rest, restive, stable

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person	Present	Imperfect	Past historic	Future	Conditional
je	reste	restais	restai	resterai	resterais
tu	restes	restais	restas	resteras	resterais
il/elle	reste	restait	resta	restera	resterait
nous	restons	restions	restâmes	resterons	resterions
vous	restez	restiez	restâtes	resterez	resteriez
ils/elles	restent	restaient	restèrent	resteront	resteraient

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect
je	reste	restasse
tu	restes	restasses
il/elle	reste	restât
nous	restions	restassions
vous	restiez	restassiez
ils/elles	restent	restassent

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tu	reste
nous	restons
vous	restez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: restant
Past participle: resté · restée · restés · restées

Examples

Lyon .

She decided to stay in Lyon rather than move to Paris.

There is still a lot of work to be done before the end of this project.

, .

Stay calm, everything will go well if you keep a cool head.

There is hardly any bread left in the kitchen.

' .

Stay with me until the end of the film.

se conjugue avec être aux temps composés : il est resté, elle est restée. L'impersonnel il reste + nom (there is/are left, there remains) est très courant : il reste du pain (there's bread left), il reste peu de temps (there's little time left).

Rester sur + impression ou sentiment exprime une impression persistante : je suis resté sur ma faim (I was left wanting more, literally I stayed hungry). En rester là (to leave it at that, to stop there) : restons-en là pour aujourd'hui. Rester debout (to stay up, to remain standing), rester silencieux (to remain silent) - rester + adjectif décrit un état maintenu.

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This word is part of lesson 4.