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Il pleuvait, du coup nous sommes restés.

Il pleuvait, du coup nous sommes restés.
It was raining, so we stayed.
From Lesson 202:Consequence connectors (c'est pourquoi, par conséquent)·French

Breakdown of Il pleuvait, du coup nous sommes restés.

nous
we / us (object pronoun)
rester
to stay
pleuvoir
to rain
du coup
so, as a result

Questions & Answers about Il pleuvait, du coup nous sommes restés.

Why is 'du coup' used here instead of 'c'est pourquoi' or 'par conséquent'?
Du coup is a very common, informal way to say 'so' or 'as a result' in spoken French. While c'est pourquoi and par conséquent mean the same thing, they are more formal and usually reserved for writing or careful speech.
Could I say 'donc' instead of 'du coup'?
Yes! Donc is a great alternative that means 'therefore' or 'so'. It is slightly more standard than du coup but still perfectly natural in everyday conversation.
Why is 'pleuvait' in the imparfait tense, but 'sommes restés' is in the passé composé?
The imparfait (il pleuvait) sets the background scene or describes an ongoing condition ('it was raining'). The passé composé (nous sommes restés) is used for the specific, completed action that happened as a result ('we stayed').
Why does 'restés' have an 's' at the end?
Because the verb rester uses être as its helper verb in the passé composé. When you use être, the past participle must agree with the subject. Since nous (we) is plural, we add an s to make it restés.

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