sous-payer

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French

Etymology

From sous- +‎ payer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.pɛ.je/ ~ /su.pe.je/
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Verb

sous-payer

  1. (transitive) to underpay
    Coordinate term: surpayer

Conjugation

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
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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