Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb rester

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb rester, along with their English translations.

rester is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je restai	I stayed
tu restas	you stayed
il resta	he stayed
elle resta	she stayed
nous restâmes	we stayed
vous restâtes	you stayed
ils restèrent	they stayed
elles restèrent	they stayed

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