No. 5,457 in Russian
платят
"(they) pay"
In a sentence
Работники платят налоги в срок.
Employees pay taxes on time.
The word 'платят' is the third-person plural form of the verb 'платить,' meaning 'to pay.' It is used here to indicate that workers are the subject responsible for the action of paying taxes timely.
За эти услуги платят только состоятельные клиенты.
Only wealthy clients pay for these services.
In this sentence, 'платят' conveys the action of providing payment for services, and the context specifies the subset of individuals, wealthy clients, performing this action.
Платят ли студенты за материалы курса?
Do students pay for course materials?
Here, 'платят' forms part of a question, asking whether students are the ones providing payment for course materials.
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