pay: verb conjugation and noun forms

Conjugation of the verb pay[peɪ], irregular     

pay not paypay?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I pay
you pay
he/she/it pays
we pay
you pay
they pay

Present Continuous

I am paying
you are paying
he/she/it is paying
we are paying
you are paying
they are paying

Present Perfect

I have paid
you have paid
he/she/it has paid
we have paid
you have paid
they have paid

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been paying
you have been paying
he/she/it has been paying
we have been paying
you have been paying
they have been paying

Past Indefinite

I paid
you paid
he/she/it paid
we paid
you paid
they paid

Past Continuous

I was paying
you were paying
he/she/it was paying
we were paying
you were paying
they were paying

Past Perfect

I had paid
you had paid
he/she/it had paid
we had paid
you had paid
they had paid

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been paying
you had been paying
he/she/it had been paying
we had been paying
you had been paying
they had been paying

Future Indefinite

I will pay
you will pay
he/she/it will pay
we will pay
you will pay
they will pay

Future Continuous

I will be paying
you will be paying
he/she/it will be paying
we will be paying
you will be paying
they will be paying

Future Perfect

I will have paid
you will have paid
he/she/it will have paid
we will have paid
you will have paid
they will have paid

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been paying
you will have been paying
he/she/it will have been paying
we will have been paying
you will have been paying
they will have been paying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't pay
you don't pay
he/she/it doesn't pay
we don't pay
you don't pay
they don't pay

Present Continuous

I am not paying
you aren't paying
he/she/it isn't paying
we aren't paying
you aren't paying
they aren't paying

Present Perfect

I haven't paid
you haven't paid
he/she/it hasn't paid
we haven't paid
you haven't paid
they haven't paid

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been paying
you haven't been paying
he/she/it hasn't been paying
we haven't been paying
you haven't been paying
they haven't been paying

Past Indefinite

I didn't pay
you didn't pay
he/she/it didn't pay
we didn't pay
you didn't pay
they didn't pay

Past Continuous

I wasn't paying
you weren't paying
he/she/it wasn't paying
we weren't paying
you weren't paying
they weren't paying

Past Perfect

I hadn't paid
you hadn't paid
he/she/it hadn't paid
we hadn't paid
you hadn't paid
they hadn't paid

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been paying
you hadn't been paying
he/she/it hadn't been paying
we hadn't been paying
you hadn't been paying
they hadn't been paying

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't pay
you won't pay
he/she/it won't pay
we shan't / won't pay
you won't pay
they won't pay

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be paying
you won't be paying
he/she/it won't be paying
we shan't / won't be paying
you won't be paying
they won't be paying

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have paid
you won't have paid
he/she/it won't have paid
we shan't / won't have paid
you won't have paid
they won't have paid

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been paying
you won't have been paying
he/she/it won't have been paying
we shan't / won't have been paying
you won't have been paying
they won't have been paying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I pay?
do you pay?
does he/she/it pay?
do we pay?
do you pay?
do they pay?

Present Continuous

am I paying?
are you paying?
is he/she/it paying?
are we paying?
are you paying?
are they paying?

Present Perfect

have I paid?
have you paid?
has he/she/it paid?
have we paid?
have you paid?
have they paid?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been paying?
have you been paying?
has he/she/it been paying?
have we been paying?
have you been paying?
have they been paying?

Past Indefinite

did I pay?
did you pay?
did he/she/it pay?
did we pay?
did you pay?
did they pay?

Past Continuous

was I paying?
were you paying?
was he/she/it paying?
were we paying?
were you paying?
were they paying?

Past Perfect

had I paid?
had you paid?
had he/she/it paid?
had we paid?
had you paid?
had they paid?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been paying?
had you been paying?
had he/she/it been paying?
had we been paying?
had you been paying?
had they been paying?

Future Indefinite

will I pay?
will you pay?
will he/she/it pay?
will we pay?
will you pay?
will they pay?

Future Continuous

will I be paying?
will you be paying?
will he/she/it be paying?
will we be paying?
will you be paying?
will they be paying?

Future Perfect

will I have paid?
will you have paid?
will he/she/it have paid?
will we have paid?
will you have paid?
will they have paid?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been paying?
will you have been paying?
will he/she/it have been paying?
will we have been paying?
will you have been paying?
will they have been paying?

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would pay
you would pay
he/she/it would pay
we would pay
you would pay
they would pay

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be paying
you would be paying
he/she/it would be paying
we would be paying
you would be paying
they would be paying

Conditional Perfect

I would have paid
you would have paid
he/she/it would have paid
we would have paid
you would have paid
they would have paid

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been paying
you would have been paying
he/she/it would have been paying
we would have been paying
you would have been paying
they would have been paying

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't pay
you wouldn't pay
he/she/it wouldn't pay
we wouldn't pay
you wouldn't pay
they wouldn't pay

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be paying
you wouldn't be paying
he/she/it wouldn't be paying
we wouldn't be paying
you wouldn't be paying
they wouldn't be paying

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have paid
you wouldn't have paid
he/she/it wouldn't have paid
we wouldn't have paid
you wouldn't have paid
they wouldn't have paid

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been paying
you wouldn't have been paying
he/she/it wouldn't have been paying
we wouldn't have been paying
you wouldn't have been paying
they wouldn't have been paying

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I pay?
would you pay?
would he/she/it pay?
would we pay?
would you pay?
would they pay?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be paying?
would you be paying?
would he/she/it be paying?
would we be paying?
would you be paying?
would they be paying?

Conditional Perfect

would I have paid?
would you have paid?
would he/she/it have paid?
would we have paid?
would you have paid?
would they have paid?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been paying?
would you have been paying?
would he/she/it have been paying?
would we have been paying?
would you have been paying?
would they have been paying?

Participles

Present

paying

Past

paid

Infinitives

Infinitives

to pay
to have paid
to be paying
to have been paying

Singular and plural for pay[peɪ]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
pay
pays
Possessive case
pay's
pays'
Plural
pays
pays'
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