To pay in French 🇫🇷

Attention

This verb can mean to pay AND to pay for

Both meanings apply.

In French adding another preposition is not necessary

Je te paies / je te payes can mean I pay you OR i pay for you depending on the context.

Additional explanation can be added to clarify if necessary

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Cognate

Looks like English pay and that’s what it means

9 months ago

payer info.

Tips to remember the French word:
To remember “payer,” which means “to pay” in French, you could think of a “payer” as a person who “pays” for goods or services. It’s just like adding an “er” to the English word “pay.”

Explanations:
The word “payer” is indeed the infinitive form of the verb in French, used to indicate the action of paying.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Régler” can also mean to pay, often implying settling a bill or an account.
– “S’acquitter de” is a more formal way of saying “to pay” or “to fulfill” an obligation.

Conjugations of “payer”:
– Infinitive: payer (to pay)
– Present tense:
– je paie/paye (I pay)
– tu paies/payes (you pay, singular informal)
– il/elle/on paie/paye (he/she/one pays)
– nous payons (we pay)
– vous payez (you pay, plural formal)
– ils/elles paient/payent (they pay, masculine/feminine)
– Past tense (Passé Composé):
– j’ai payé (I paid)
– Imperfect:
– je payais (I was paying)
– Future tense:
– je paierai/payrai (I will pay)
– Conditional:
– je paierais/payrais (I would pay)
– Subjunctive:
– que je paie/paye (that I pay)
– Imperative:
– paie/paye (pay, singular informal)
– payons (let’s pay)
– payez (pay, plural formal)

Examples of sentences using “payer”:
– “Je dois payer mes factures.” (I have to pay my bills.)
– “Il paie toujours en espèces.” (He always pays in cash.)
– “Nous paierons le loyer demain.” (We will pay the rent tomorrow.)
– “J’ai payé le déjeuner.” (I paid for lunch.)
– “Paie-moi ce que tu me dois !” (Pay me what you owe me!)

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