sous-payer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (transitive) to underpay
- Coordinate term: surpayer
Conjugation
[edit]This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of sous-payer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | sous-payer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sous-payant /su.pɛ.jɑ̃/ or /su.pe.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sous-payé /su.pɛ.je/ or /su.pe.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | sous-paye or sous-paie /su.pɛj/ or /su.pɛ/ |
sous-payes or sous-paies /su.pɛj/ or /su.pɛ/ |
sous-paye or sous-paie /su.pɛj/ or /su.pɛ/ |
sous-payons /su.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /su.pe.jɔ̃/ |
sous-payez /su.pɛ.je/ or /su.pe.je/ |
sous-payent or sous-paient /su.pɛj/ or /su.pɛ/ |
imperfect | sous-payais /su.pɛ.jɛ/ or /su.pe.jɛ/ |
sous-payais /su.pɛ.jɛ/ or /su.pe.jɛ/ |
sous-payait /su.pɛ.jɛ/ or /su.pe.jɛ/ |
sous-payions /su.pɛj.jɔ̃/ |
sous-payiez /su.pɛj.je/ |
sous-payaient /su.pɛ.jɛ/ or /su.pe.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sous-payai /su.pɛ.je/ or /su.pe.je/ |
sous-payas /su.pɛ.ja/ or /su.pe.ja/ |
sous-paya /su.pɛ.ja/ or /su.pe.ja/ |
sous-payâmes /su.pɛ.jam/ or /su.pe.jam/ |
sous-payâtes /su.pɛ.jat/ or /su.pe.jat/ |
sous-payèrent /su.pɛ.jɛʁ/ or /su.pe.jɛʁ/ | |
future | sous-payerai or sous-paierai /su.pɛj.ʁe/ or /su.pɛ.ʁe/ or /su.pe.ʁe/ |
sous-payeras or sous-paieras /su.pɛj.ʁa/ or /su.pɛ.ʁa/ or /su.pe.ʁa/ |
sous-payera or sous-paiera /su.pɛj.ʁa/ or /su.pɛ.ʁa/ or /su.pe.ʁa/ |
sous-payerons or sous-paierons /su.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /su.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /su.pe.ʁɔ̃/ |
sous-payerez or sous-paierez /su.pɛj.ʁe/ or /su.pɛ.ʁe/ or /su.pe.ʁe/ |
sous-payeront or sous-paieront /su.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /su.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /su.pe.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | sous-payerais or sous-paierais /su.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /su.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /su.pe.ʁɛ/ |
sous-payerais or sous-paierais /su.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /su.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /su.pe.ʁɛ/ |
sous-payerait or sous-paierait /su.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /su.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /su.pe.ʁɛ/ |
sous-payerions or sous-paierions /su.pɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /su.pe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /su.pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /su.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sous-payeriez or sous-paieriez /su.pɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /su.pe.jə.ʁje/ or /su.pɛ.ʁje/ or /su.pe.ʁje/ |
sous-payeraient or sous-paieraient /su.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /su.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /su.pe.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | sous-paye or sous-paie /su.pɛj/ or /su.pɛ/ |
sous-payes or sous-paies /su.pɛj/ or /su.pɛ/ |
sous-paye or sous-paie /su.pɛj/ or /su.pɛ/ |
sous-payions /su.pɛj.jɔ̃/ |
sous-payiez /su.pɛj.je/ |
sous-payent or sous-paient /su.pɛj/ or /su.pɛ/ |
imperfect2 | sous-payasse /su.pɛ.jas/ or /su.pe.jas/ |
sous-payasses /su.pɛ.jas/ or /su.pe.jas/ |
sous-payât /su.pɛ.ja/ or /su.pe.ja/ |
sous-payassions /su.pɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /su.pe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
sous-payassiez /su.pɛ.ja.sje/ or /su.pe.ja.sje/ |
sous-payassent /su.pɛ.jas/ or /su.pe.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | sous-paye or sous-paie /su.pɛj/ or /su.pɛ/ |
— | sous-payons /su.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /su.pe.jɔ̃/ |
sous-payez /su.pɛ.je/ or /su.pe.je/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
[edit]- “sous-payer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.