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Conjugation of the French verb payer

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb payer, along with their English translations.

payer is a regular verb


Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
payerto pay

PresentScored
je payeI pay
tu payesyou pay
il payehe pays
elle payeshe pays
nous payonswe pay
vous payezyou pay
ils payentthey pay
elles payentthey pay

ImperfectScored
je payaisI was paying
tu payaisyou were paying
il payaithe was paying
elle payaitshe was paying
nous payionswe were paying
vous payiezyou were paying
ils payaientthey were paying
elles payaientthey were paying

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 payaiI paid
tu payasyou paid
il payahe paid
elle payashe paid
nous payâmeswe paid
vous payâtesyou paid
ils payèrentthey paid
elles payèrentthey paid

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai payéI have paid
tu as payéyou have paid
il a payéhe has paid
elle a payéshe has paid
nous avons payéwe have paid
vous avez payéyou have paid
ils ont payéthey have paid
elles ont payéthey have paid

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais payéI had paid
tu avais payéyou had paid
il avait payéhe had paid
elle avait payéshe had paid
nous avions payéwe had paid
vous aviez payéyou had paid
ils avaient payéthey had paid
elles avaient payéthey had paid

FutureScored
je payeraiI will pay
tu payerasyou will pay
il payerahe will pay
elle payerashe will pay
nous payeronswe will pay
vous payerezyou will pay
ils payerontthey will pay
elles payerontthey will pay

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur
The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.
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j'aurai payéI will have paid
tu auras payéyou will have paid
il aura payéhe will have paid
elle aura payéshe will have paid
nous aurons payéwe will have paid
vous aurez payéyou will have paid
ils auront payéthey will have paid
elles auront payéthey will have paid

ConditionalScored
je payeraisI would pay
tu payeraisyou would pay
il payeraithe would pay
elle payeraitshe would pay
nous payerionswe would pay
vous payeriezyou would pay
ils payeraientthey would pay
elles payeraientthey would pay

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé
The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.
Scored
j'aurais payéI would have paid
tu aurais payéyou would have paid
il aurait payéhe would have paid
elle aurait payéshe would have paid
nous aurions payéwe would have paid
vous auriez payéyou would have paid
ils auraient payéthey would have paid
elles auraient payéthey would have paid

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je paye(... that) I pay
(... que) tu payes(... that) you pay
(... que) il paye(... that) he pays
(... que) elle paye(... that) she pays
(... que) nous payions(... that) we pay
(... que) vous payiez(... that) you pay
(... que) ils payent(... that) they pay
(... que) elles payent(... that) they pay

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je payasse(... that) I was paying
(... que) tu payasses(... that) you were paying
(... que) il payât(... that) he was paying
(... que) elle payât(... that) she was paying
(... que) nous payassions(... that) we were paying
(... que) vous payassiez(... that) you were paying
(... que) ils payassent(... that) they were paying
(... que) elles payassent(... that) they were paying

ImperativeScored
paye Pay
payonsLet's pay
payez Pay

Present ParticipleScored
payant paying

Past ParticipleScored
payé paid

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