Paghiamo il gas ogni mese.

Paghiamo is the present tense form of pagare for noi (we).

• pagare = to pay
• io pago = I pay
• tu paghi = you pay
• noi paghiamo = we pay

So paghiamo by itself already tells you the subject is we.

Italian often drops subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb ending.

So:

• Paghiamo il gas ogni mese. = We pay the gas bill every month.
• Noi paghiamo il gas ogni mese. = also correct, but noi adds emphasis, as in we pay it.

Because -iamo clearly shows noi, the pronoun is usually unnecessary.

The h is there to keep the g hard.

Without the h, gi would sound like the j sound in English job.
But in paghiamo, Italian wants a hard g sound, like in go.

Compare:

• pagina = hard g
• paghiamo = hard g
• già = soft g

So the h is not pronounced by itself; it just changes the sound of the letters around it.

It is pronounced roughly pah-GYAH-mo.

A few points:

• pa = like pah
• ghi = hard g
  • a y sound before the next vowel
• amo = AH-mo

So the whole word sounds approximately like pah-GYAH-mo.

In Italian, it is very common to use the definite article with things like bills, services, and utilities.

So Italian says:

• pagare il gas
• pagare la luce
• pagare l’acqua

In English, we often say pay the gas bill or just pay gas in a looser way, but Italian normally uses the article: il gas.

Usually, no. In a sentence like this, il gas normally means the gas supply / gas bill, especially for a home or apartment.

If you mean gasoline for a car, Italian usually says benzina.

So here Paghiamo il gas ogni mese is understood as paying for the household gas service, not buying fuel for a car.

Yes, very often it is understood as a shorter, natural way to say something like:

• paghiamo la bolletta del gas = we pay the gas bill

In everyday Italian, people often shorten this to paghiamo il gas, where the bill or charge is understood from context.

After ogni (every), Italian normally uses the singular noun.

So:

• ogni mese = every month
• not ogni mesi

This is similar to:

• ogni giorno = every day
• ogni anno = every year

Yes. Ogni mese and tutti i mesi both mean every month.

There is a small difference in feel:

• ogni mese = every month
• tutti i mesi = all months / every month

In many everyday situations, they are interchangeable.

So these are both natural:

• Paghiamo il gas ogni mese.
• Paghiamo il gas tutti i mesi.

It is the present indicative.

In Italian, the present tense is often used for habitual actions, just like the English simple present.

So Paghiamo il gas ogni mese means that this is something that happens regularly, not necessarily right at this moment.

Because the sentence describes a habit or routine, Italian normally uses the present tense.

The future would suggest something specifically in the future, for example:

• Pagheremo il gas domani. = We will pay the gas tomorrow.

But for regular repeated actions, the present is the normal choice:

• Paghiamo il gas ogni mese.

This word order is the most neutral and natural:

• Paghiamo = verb
• il gas = object
• ogni mese = time expression

Italian word order is somewhat flexible, but this version sounds straightforward and standard.

For example, you might also hear:

• Ogni mese paghiamo il gas.

That puts a little more focus on every month, but the meaning stays the same.

Here it is singular, shown by il.

So:

• il gas = the gas

In this sentence, it refers to gas as a service or utility in a general singular sense.