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支払う

to pay

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Conjugation of 支払う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
支払う
shiharau
I pay
Present informal negative tense
支払わない
shiharawanai
I don't pay
Present formal tense
支払います
shiharaimasu
I pay
Present formal negative tense
支払いません
shiharaimasen
I do not pay
私/俺
Past informal tense
支払った
shiharatta
I paid
Past informal negative tense
支払わなかった
shiharawanakatta
I didn't pay
Past formal tense
支払いました
shiharaimashita
I pay
Past formal negative tense
支払いませんでした
shiharaimasen deshita
I did not pay
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
支払え
shiharae
pay
Imperative negative mood
支払うな
shiharau na
don't pay
Imperative formal mood
支払ってください
shiharatte kudasai
please pay
Imperative formal negative mood
支払わないでください
shiharawanai dekudasai
please do not pay
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
支払って
shiharatte
pay
Passive stem
支払われる
shiharawareru
paid
Hypothetical tense
支払え
shiharae
if I paid
Hypothetical conditional stem
支払えば
shiharaeba
paid
私/俺
Volitional stem
支払おう
shiharaō
will pay
Potential stem
支払える
shiharaeru
paid
Continuative stem
支払い
shiharai
paying
Causative stem
支払わせる
shiharawaseru
allow to pay
私/俺
Imperfective stem
支払わ
shiharawa
pay

Examples of 支払う

支払う？ 彼は何について話している？

What's he talking about?

女の子に 毎月一括の額を 支払う

You pay a girl a lump sum every month For future dates.

罰金を支払う 任期を勤めたあと 支払う

And any fine that i have to pay wouldn't due till i serve term.

フィルみたいに借金がある人が 支払った ほとんどはそんな感じだった

Guys like Phil owed... and they paid up, and most of the time, it's like that.

支払えば？

And if they do pay?