restar

Staying Somewhere

Level 2

Restar means to stay, and it opens the stem vowel in stressed forms.

How It Works

Restar is a regular -ar verb with the stem vowel change you saw in lèvi, levam.

PersonForm
ieurèsti
turèstas
el, elarèsta
nosautresrestam
vosautresrestatz
eles, elasrèstan

The stress falls on the stem in the forms with è and on the ending in restam and restatz. The grave accent is part of the spelling. A place phrase usually follows: Restam a l'ostal. Restar says that someone stays, and demorar says that someone lives in a place. Fins a deman can say how long the stay lasts.

Examples (3)

  1. Rèsti aicí.

    I stay here.

    The stressed stem has è.

  2. Restam a l'ostal.

    We stay at home.

    The nosautres form has e.

  3. Maria rèsta a Tolosa.

    Maria stays in Toulouse.

    Rèsta is the third-person form.

Common Mistakes

  • Dropping the accent.

    Resti aicí.
    Rèsti aicí.

    The stressed forms are written with è: rèsti, rèstas, rèsta, rèstan.

How It Connects

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restarLevel 2Staying Somewhere

Learn This First

Restar opens its stem vowel in stressed forms, so the stem vowel change comes first.

Words in This Pattern

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