-ais
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From conflation of Latin -ēbās and -iēbas — second, third, and fourth conjugation variants of -bās, later generalized to all verbs.
SuffixEdit
-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 termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
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. Akin to -ois.
SuffixEdit
-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
SuffixEdit
-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
IrishEdit
SuffixEdit
-ais
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
SuffixEdit
-ais m pl or f pl
Etymology 2Edit
Inherited from Old Portuguese -ades, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-,[1] from Latin -ātis. Cognate with Galician -ades and Spanish -áis.
SuffixEdit
-ais
- a suffix indicating the second-person plural present indicative of a verb in -ar
Etymology 3Edit
SuffixEdit
-ais
- forms the second-person plural present subjunctive of second- and third-conjugation verbs
- forms the second-person plural negative imperative of second- and third-conjugation verbs
ReferencesEdit
WelshEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (first-person singular preterite): (colloquial) -es
PronunciationEdit
- (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/
SuffixEdit
-ais
- verb suffix for the first-person singular preterite
Usage notesEdit
In the literary language, -ais causes i-affection of internal vowels, for example, canu (“to sing”) + -ais → cenais (“I sang”).