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JAPANESE VERB

はらう

払う

to pay

  • #94 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI pay
NegativeI don’t pay

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI paid
NegativeI didn’t pay

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formpaying, and…
Doing now (て います)I am paying
Please (て ください)please pay

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can pay
NegativeI can’t pay

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to pay
NegativeI don’t want to pay

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s pay

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I pay
  2. If, when (たら) if I pay

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) pay (do it)
  2. Plain command pay!
  3. Please don’t please don’t pay

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am paid
CausativeI make someone pay

How to use はらう

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    ここ で は げんきん で はらいます か。

    Do we pay in cash here?

  2. Past

    やちん は きのう はらいました。

    I paid the rent yesterday.

  3. Te-form

    さき に レジ で はらって ください。

    Please pay at the till first.

  4. Potential

    カード で はらえます か。

    Can I pay by card?

  5. Want to

    きょう は わたし が はらいたい です。

    Today I'd like to pay.

  6. Volitional

    きょう は べつべつ に はらおう。

    Let's pay separately today.

  7. Conditional

    いま はらえば、 わりびき が あります。

    If you pay now, there's a discount.

  8. Commands and requests

    じぶん の ぶん は じぶん で はらいなさい。

    Pay your own share yourself.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に じぶん の おかし だい を はらわせました。

    I had the kids pay for their own sweets.

Good to know

  • Pay with something with で: カード で はらいます. おかんじょう を おねがいします asks for the bill.

Where you hear はらう

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Beginner Level 1

  • カード で はらいます。 I pay by card.
  • きのう、 さんぜん えん はらいました。 Yesterday I paid three thousand yen.
  • きょう は わたし が はらいます。 Today I'll pay.

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • まいつき やちん を はらいます。 I pay the rent every month.
  • ひっこし の まえ に、 れいきん を はらいました。 Before the move, I paid the key money.
  • じゅうよっか に はらいます。 I'll pay on the fourteenth.
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Dinner with Everyone

Beginner Level 1 · はらいます

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The Contract

Beginner Level 2 · はらって ください

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Shibuya

Intermediate Level 1 · はらう

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Sota's First Day

Intermediate Level 2 · はらわせて · ぼく に はらわせて。

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Sota's First Date

Intermediate Level 2 · はらわせた

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).