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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

Infinitive		Scored
payer	to pay

Present		Scored
je paye	I pay
tu payes	you pay
il paye	he pays
elle paye	she pays
nous payons	we pay
vous payez	you pay
ils payent	they pay
elles payent	they pay

Imperfect		Scored
je payais	I was paying
tu payais	you were paying
il payait	he was paying
elle payait	she was paying
nous payions	we were paying
vous payiez	you were paying
ils payaient	they were paying
elles payaient	they 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 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

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai payé	I paid
tu as payé	you paid
il a payé	he paid
elle a payé	she paid
nous avons payé	we paid
vous avez payé	you paid
ils ont payé	they paid
elles ont payé	they paid

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais payé	I had paid
tu avais payé	you had paid
il avait payé	he had paid
elle avait payé	she had paid
nous avions payé	we had paid
vous aviez payé	you had paid
ils avaient payé	they had paid
elles avaient payé	they had paid

Future		Scored
je payerai	I will pay
tu payeras	you will pay
il payera	he will pay
elle payera	she will pay
nous payerons	we will pay
vous payerez	you will pay
ils payeront	they will pay
elles payeront	they 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.		Scored
j'aurai payé	I will have paid
tu auras payé	you will have paid
il aura payé	he will have paid
elle aura payé	she will have paid
nous aurons payé	we will have paid
vous aurez payé	you will have paid
ils auront payé	they will have paid
elles auront payé	they will have paid

Conditional		Scored
je payerais	I would pay
tu payerais	you would pay
il payerait	he would pay
elle payerait	she would pay
nous payerions	we would pay
vous payeriez	you would pay
ils payeraient	they would pay
elles payeraient	they 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 payé	I would have paid
tu aurais payé	you would have paid
il aurait payé	he would have paid
elle aurait payé	she would have paid
nous aurions payé	we would have paid
vous auriez payé	you would have paid
ils auraient payé	they would have paid
elles auraient payé	they would have paid

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... 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 Subjunctive		Scored
(... 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

Imperative		Scored
paye	Pay
payons	Let's pay
payez	Pay

Present Participle		Scored
payant	paying

Past Participle		Scored
payé	paid

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