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rester: Conjugation

The rester conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb rester according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of rester, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of rester at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je reste tu restes il/elle reste nous restons vous restez ils/elles restent Pronounce these verb forms	je suis resté(e) tu es resté(e) il/elle est resté(e) nous sommes resté(e)s vous êtes resté(e)(s) ils/elles sont resté(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je restais tu restais il/elle restait nous restions vous restiez ils/elles restaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' étais resté(e) tu étais resté(e) il/elle était resté(e) nous étions resté(e)s vous étiez resté(e)(s) ils/elles étaient resté(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je resterai tu resteras il/elle restera nous resterons vous resterez ils/elles resteront Pronounce these verb forms	je serai resté(e) tu seras resté(e) il/elle sera resté(e) nous serons resté(e)s vous serez resté(e)(s) ils/elles seront resté(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je resterais tu resterais il/elle resterait nous resterions vous resteriez ils/elles resteraient Pronounce these verb forms	je serais resté(e) tu serais resté(e) il/elle serait resté(e) nous serions resté(e)s vous seriez resté(e)(s) ils/elles seraient resté(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je reste tu restes il/elle reste nous restions vous restiez ils/elles restent Pronounce these verb forms	je sois resté(e) tu sois resté(e) il/elle soit resté(e) nous soyons resté(e)s vous soyez resté(e)(s) ils/elles soient resté(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je restai tu restas il/elle resta nous restâmes vous restâtes ils/elles restèrent Pronounce these verb forms	je fus resté(e) tu fus resté(e) il/elle fut resté(e) nous fûmes resté(e)s vous fûtes resté(e)(s) ils/elles furent resté(e)s Pronounce these verb forms

This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

• No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
• No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
• Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.