How do you conjugate "rester" in the Present Simple tense in French?

Present Simple conjugation of rester: je reste, tu restes, il/elle reste, nous restons, vous restez, ils/elles restent. Example: "Je reste à la maison le dimanche." — "I stay home on Sundays."

How do you conjugate "rester" in the Present Perfect tense in French?

Present Perfect conjugation of rester: je ai resté, tu as resté, il/elle a resté, nous avons resté, vous avez resté, ils/elles ont resté. Example: "Je suis resté(e) à l'hôtel hier soir." — "I stayed at the hotel last night."

How do you conjugate "rester" in the Imperfect tense in French?

Imperfect conjugation of rester: je restais, tu restais, il/elle restait, nous restions, vous restiez, ils/elles restaient. Example: "Je restais chez ma grand-mère chaque été." — "I used to stay at my grandmother's every summer."

rester (stay) — French Conjugation, All Tenses & Examples

rester (stay) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

Learn to conjugate rester (stay) across all tenses in French. Each tense includes real example sentences in French and English, used in Rhythmica's music-based learning system.

rester — Present Simple in French

rester Present Simple conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	reste	Je reste à la maison le dimanche.	I stay home on Sundays.
tu	restes	Tu restes avec tes amis ce soir.	You stay with your friends tonight.
il/elle	reste	Elle reste au bureau tard.	She stays at the office late.
nous	restons	Nous restons ensemble pendant les vacances.	We stay together during the holidays.
vous	restez	Vous restez ici pendant que je fais les courses.	You all stay here while I go shopping.
ils/elles	restent	Ils restent silencieux pendant le film.	They stay quiet during the movie.

rester — Present Perfect in French

rester Present Perfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	ai resté	Je suis resté(e) à l'hôtel hier soir.	I stayed at the hotel last night.
tu	as resté	Tu es resté(e) trop longtemps à la fête.	You stayed too long at the party.
il/elle	a resté	Il/elle est resté(e) chez des amis.	He/she stayed with friends.
nous	avons resté	Nous sommes resté(e)s trois jours à Paris.	We stayed three days in Paris.
vous	avez resté	Vous êtes resté(e)s silencieux pendant le film.	You all stayed quiet during the movie.
ils/elles	ont resté	Ils/elles sont resté(e)s à la plage tout l'après-midi.	They stayed at the beach all afternoon.

rester — Imperfect in French

rester Imperfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	restais	Je restais chez ma grand-mère chaque été.	I used to stay at my grandmother's every summer.
tu	restais	Tu restais au lit toute la matinée.	You would stay in bed all morning.
il/elle	restait	Il restait calme dans les situations difficiles.	He would stay calm in difficult situations.
nous	restions	Nous restions dans cet hôtel chaque année.	We used to stay at that hotel every year.
vous	restiez	Vous restiez après les cours pour étudier.	You all would stay after class to study.
ils/elles	restaient	Elles restaient ouvertes jusqu'à minuit.	They used to stay open until midnight.

rester — stay — French Verbs

rester (stay) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

rester — Present Simple in French

rester — Present Perfect in French

rester — Imperfect in French