Learn Hardcore Japanese: nyuukanryou wo haratte, onseigaido de gakugeiin no kaisetu wo kikimasita. - I paid the admission fee and listened to the curator's commentary with the audio guide.

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入館料にゅうかんりょう　を　払はらって、　音声おんせいガイド　で　学芸員がくげいいん　の　解説かいせつ　を　聞ききました。nyuukanryou o haratte, onseigaido de gakugeiin no kaisetsu o kikimashita.

Meaning

I paid the admission fee and listened to the curator's commentary with the audio guide.

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Breakdown of nyuukanryou o haratte, onseigaido de gakugeiin no kaisetsu o kikimashita.

Why is 払って used instead of 払いました?

払って is the て-form of 払う.

In this sentence, the て-form connects actions in sequence:

So it means something like:

I paid the admission fee, and then listened to the curator's explanation through the audio guide.

Only the final verb, 聞きました, carries the tense and politeness for the whole sentence. This is very common in Japanese.

Does 払って mean and, after, or something else?

Here it mainly shows that one action happened before the next one:

So in English, it could be translated as:

The Japanese て-form is flexible. It often links actions without stating the relationship as explicitly as English does.

What does 入館料 mean exactly?