-ais
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle French -ois, from conflation of Latin -ēbās and -iēbas — second, third, and fourth conjugation variants of -bās, later generalized to all verbs.
Suffix edit
-ais
- forms the first-person and second-person singular imperfect indicative form of a verb
- Je regardais la télé pendant que tu parlais au téléphone.
- I was watching the telly while you were talking on the phone.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old French -eis (feminine form -esche). In some senses from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus (from Frankish *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), conflated with Ancient Greek -ισκος (-iskos)), in others from Latin -ēnsis); all are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Akin to -ois.
Suffix edit
-ais (feminine -aise, masculine plural -ais, feminine plural -aises)
- forms adjectives that denote where something or someone is from
- France + -ais → français
- Angle(terre) + -ais → anglais
- Marseille + -ais → marseillais
Suffix edit
-ais m (plural -ais)
- forms nouns that denote where something or someone is from
- France + -ais → Français
- Angle(terre) + -ais → Anglais
- Marseille + -ais → Marseillais
- forms nouns that specify the name of the language spoken in this place
- France + -ais → français
- Angle(terre) + -ais → anglais
Irish edit
Suffix edit
-ais
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Suffix edit
-ais m pl or f pl
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ades, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-,[1] from Latin -ātis. Cognate with Galician -ades and Spanish -áis.
Alternative forms edit
Suffix edit
-ais
- a suffix indicating the second-person plural present indicative of -ar
Etymology 3 edit
Alternative forms edit
Suffix edit
-ais
- a suffix indicating the second-person plural present subjunctive of -er
- a suffix indicating the second-person plural present subjunctive of -ir
References edit
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
- (first-person singular preterite): (colloquial) -es
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ai̯s/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛs/, /ɛʃ/, /ɪʃ/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ai̯s/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛs/
Suffix edit
-ais
- verb suffix for the first-person singular preterite
Usage notes edit
In the literary language, -ais causes i-affection of internal vowels, for example, canu (“to sing”) + -ais → cenais (“I sang”).