-ais

Appendix:Variations of "ais" French Pronunciation fr France Quebec fr France Africa -é fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00--ais.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick--ais.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) Etymology 1 fr frm -ois, from fr fro -eis (feminine form fro -esche). In some senses from fr la-lat -, fr la-vul -iscus (from fr frk *-isk, from fr gem-pro *-iskaz -ish, conflated with fr grc -ισκος, all ultimately from fr ine-pro *-iskos), in others from fr la -ēnsis. Akin to fr -ois. Suffix fr from forms adjectives that denote where something or someone is from fr France<t:France> français<t:French> fr Angle(terre)<t:England> anglais<t:English> fr Marseille<t:Marseille> marseillais<t:from Marseille> Suffix m + forms noun demonyms specifying a person, usually male, from a given location fr France<t:France> Français<t:Frenchman, (male) person from France> fr Angle(terre)<t:England> Anglais<t:Englishman, (male) person from England> fr Portug(al)<t:Portugal> Portugais<t:Portuguese male> fr Marseille<t:Marseille> Marseillais<t:(male) person from Marseille> forms nouns that specify the name of the language spoken in this place fr France<t:France> français<t:French><pos:language> fr Angle(terre)<t:England> anglais<t:English><pos:language> Derived terms fr Descendants 1 ht -è<id:demonym> Etymology 2 From fr frm -ois, from conflation of fr la -ēbās and la -iēbas — originally second-, third-, and fourth-conjugation variants of la -bās, which had been later generalized to all verbs. Suffix verb forms the first-person and second-person singular imperfect indicative form of a verb fr Je regardais la télé pendant que tu parlais au téléphone. I was watching the telly while you were talking on the phone. Related terms fr -ait third-person singular fr -ions first-person plural fr -iez second-person plural fr -aient third-person plural Galician Suffix gl suffix form gl -al Irish Suffix ga suffix form ga -as voc//gen s ; nom//dat p Portuguese Pronunciation pt /ˈajʃ/ Nordestino pt ajs Brazil ajʃ Portugal, Rio de Janeiro Etymology 1 Alternative forms pt -aes pre-reform Suffix noun adjective mf-p pt -al p Etymology 2 pt roa-opt -ades, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-,'/Possâmos/, /façâmos/ e /saiâmos/, de novo' in Ciberdúvidas from pt la -ātis. Cognate with gl -ades and es -áis. Alternative forms pt -ades -aides -andes dated dialectal pt -aes pre-reform Suffix verb a suffix indicating the -ar pt amar to love amais [you all/formal you] love pt cantar to sing cantais [you all/formal you] sing Etymology 3 Alternative forms pt -ades -aides -andes dated dialectal pt -aes pre-reform Suffix verb a suffix indicating the -er pt correr to run corrais [that] you all run a suffix indicating the -ir pt emitir to emit emitais [that] you all emit References Welsh Alternative forms first-person singular preterite cy colloquial cy -es Pronunciation cy /ai̯s/ cy-N,standard cy /ɛs/ /ɛʃ/ /ɪʃ/ cy-N,colloquial cy /ai̯s/ cy-S,standard cy /ɛs/ cy-S,colloquial Suffix cy suffix verb suffix for the first-person singular preterite Usage notes In the literary language, -ais causes i-affection of internal vowels, for example, cy canu to sing cenais I sang.