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je payais

was paying, used to pay

→ payer
pay to pay + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #35,381
was paying, used to pay
FR: Je payais le café.
EN: I was paying for the coffee.
Conjugation of payer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First payais —
Second payais —
Third payait payaient

Une pause que je leur payais fort généreusement.

A break I paid them very generously for.

C’est pour ça que je payais toujours comptant et d’avance.

That’s why I always paid cash and upfront.

C'est toi qui la payais en riz !

You were the one paying her in rice!

— Mother (2009)

Si tu payais de ta poche, tu ne dirais pas ça.

If you were paying out of your own pocket, you wouldn’t say that.

Qui a dit que je ne payais pas ?

Who said I wasn't paying?

— Soul Mate (2016)

Je payais pour aller à l’école, et j’allais en tirer tout ce que je pouvais.

I was paying to go to school, and I was going to get everything I could out of it.

Je payais.

I was paying.

Moi, je leur payais le prix catalogue pour de grandes quantités.

I paid them list price for large quantities.

Ils faisaient un travail formidable pour moi, et je les payais très bien.

They did a fantastic job for me, and I paid them very well.

Je les payais.

I paid them.

— Aguirre, la colère de Dieu (1972)