surpayer

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French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ payer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syʁ.pɛ.je/, /syʁ.pe.je/
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Verb

surpayer

  1. (transitive) to overpay

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 surpayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surpayer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surpayant
/syʁ.pɛ.jɑ̃/ or /syʁ.pe.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surpayé
/syʁ.pɛ.je/ or /syʁ.pe.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present surpaye or surpaie
/syʁ.pɛj/ or /syʁ.pɛ/ 		surpayes or surpaies
/syʁ.pɛj/ or /syʁ.pɛ/ 		surpaye or surpaie
/syʁ.pɛj/ or /syʁ.pɛ/ 		surpayons
/syʁ.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pe.jɔ̃/ 		surpayez
/syʁ.pɛ.je/ or /syʁ.pe.je/ 		surpayent or surpaient
/syʁ.pɛj/ or /syʁ.pɛ/
imperfect surpayais
/syʁ.pɛ.jɛ/ or /syʁ.pe.jɛ/ 		surpayais
/syʁ.pɛ.jɛ/ or /syʁ.pe.jɛ/ 		surpayait
/syʁ.pɛ.jɛ/ or /syʁ.pe.jɛ/ 		surpayions
/syʁ.pɛj.jɔ̃/ 		surpayiez
/syʁ.pɛj.je/ 		surpayaient
/syʁ.pɛ.jɛ/ or /syʁ.pe.jɛ/
past historic2 surpayai
/syʁ.pɛ.je/ or /syʁ.pe.je/ 		surpayas
/syʁ.pɛ.ja/ or /syʁ.pe.ja/ 		surpaya
/syʁ.pɛ.ja/ or /syʁ.pe.ja/ 		surpayâmes
/syʁ.pɛ.jam/ or /syʁ.pe.jam/ 		surpayâtes
/syʁ.pɛ.jat/ or /syʁ.pe.jat/ 		surpayèrent
/syʁ.pɛ.jɛʁ/ or /syʁ.pe.jɛʁ/
future surpayerai or surpaierai
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁe/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁe/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁe/ 		surpayeras or surpaieras
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁa/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁa/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁa/ 		surpayera or surpaiera
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁa/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁa/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁa/ 		surpayerons or surpaierons
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁɔ̃/ 		surpayerez or surpaierez
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁe/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁe/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁe/ 		surpayeront or surpaieront
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁɔ̃/
conditional surpayerais or surpaierais
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁɛ/ 		surpayerais or surpaierais
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁɛ/ 		surpayerait or surpaierait
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁɛ/ 		surpayerions or surpaierions
/syʁ.pɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		surpayeriez or surpaieriez
/syʁ.pɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /syʁ.pe.jə.ʁje/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁje/ or /syʁ.pe.ʁje/ 		surpayeraient or surpaieraient
/syʁ.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /syʁ.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /syʁ.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 surpaye or surpaie
/syʁ.pɛj/ or /syʁ.pɛ/ 		surpayes or surpaies
/syʁ.pɛj/ or /syʁ.pɛ/ 		surpaye or surpaie
/syʁ.pɛj/ or /syʁ.pɛ/ 		surpayions
/syʁ.pɛj.jɔ̃/ 		surpayiez
/syʁ.pɛj.je/ 		surpayent or surpaient
/syʁ.pɛj/ or /syʁ.pɛ/
imperfect2 surpayasse
/syʁ.pɛ.jas/ or /syʁ.pe.jas/ 		surpayasses
/syʁ.pɛ.jas/ or /syʁ.pe.jas/ 		surpayât
/syʁ.pɛ.ja/ or /syʁ.pe.ja/ 		surpayassions
/syʁ.pɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pe.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		surpayassiez
/syʁ.pɛ.ja.sje/ or /syʁ.pe.ja.sje/ 		surpayassent
/syʁ.pɛ.jas/ or /syʁ.pe.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surpaye or surpaie
/syʁ.pɛj/ or /syʁ.pɛ/ 		— surpayons
/syʁ.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /syʁ.pe.jɔ̃/ 		surpayez
/syʁ.pɛ.je/ or /syʁ.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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