払う

はらうharau

pay

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 失う, 出会う, 狙う

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払いますはらいますharaimasu
    2. negative払いませんはらいませんharaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative払いましたはらいましたharaimashita
    2. negative払いませんでしたはらいませんでしたharaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 払ってはらってharatte
    2. request払ってくださいはらってくださいharatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 払いましょうはらいましょうharaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative払いたいはらいたいharaitai
    2. negative払いたくないはらいたくないharaitakunai
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払うはらうharau
    2. negative払わないはらわないharawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative払ったはらったharatta
    2. negative払わなかったはらわなかったharawanakatta

  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払っているはらっているharatte iru
    2. polite払っていますはらっていますharatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain払えるはらえるharaeru
    2. polite払えますはらえますharaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 払ったらはらったらharattara

  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払われるはらわれるharawareru
    2. polite払われますはらわれますharawaremasu
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. 払おうはらおうharaō

  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払えはらえharae
    2. ban払うなはらうなharau 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払えばはらえばharaeba
    2. negative払わなければはらわなければharawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain払わせるはらわせるharawaseru
    2. polite払わせますはらわせますharawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain払わせられるはらわせられるharawaserareru
    2. polite払わせられますはらわせられますharawaseraremasu