Conjugation

支払う

しはらうshiharau

pay

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 洗う, 疑う, 覆う

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative支払いますしはらいますshiharaimasu
    2. negative支払いませんしはらいませんshiharaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative支払いましたしはらいましたshiharaimashita
    2. negative支払いませんでしたしはらいませんでしたshiharaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 支払ってしはらってshiharatte
    2. request支払ってくださいしはらってくださいshiharatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 支払いましょうしはらいましょうshiharaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative支払いたいしはらいたいshiharaitai
    2. negative支払いたくないしはらいたくないshiharaitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative支払うしはらうshiharau
    2. negative支払わないしはらわないshiharawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative支払ったしはらったshiharatta
    2. negative支払わなかったしはらわなかったshiharawanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain支払っているしはらっているshiharatte iru
    2. polite支払っていますしはらっていますshiharatte imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain支払えるしはらえるshiharaeru
    2. polite支払えますしはらえますshiharaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 支払ったらしはらったらshiharattara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain支払われるしはらわれるshiharawareru
    2. polite支払われますしはらわれますshiharawaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 支払おうしはらおうshiharaō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order支払えしはらえshiharae
    2. ban支払うなしはらうなshiharau na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative支払えばしはらえばshiharaeba
    2. negative支払わなければしはらわなければshiharawanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain支払わせるしはらわせるshiharawaseru
    2. polite支払わせますしはらわせますshiharawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain支払わせられるしはらわせられるshiharawaserareru
    2. polite支払わせられますしはらわせられますshiharawaseraremasu