Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb payer

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

payer 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 payai	I paid
tu payas	you paid
il paya	he paid
elle paya	she paid
nous payâmes	we paid
vous payâtes	you paid
ils payèrent	they paid
elles payèrent	they paid

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