-ai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

French

Suffix

-ai

1. A suffix denoting the first-person singular past historic indicative form of an -er verb

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Hungarian

Etymology

-a (possessive suffix) +‎ -i (possessive plural)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒji]

Suffix

-ai

1. (possessive suffix) his/her/its ...-s (third-person singular, multiple possessions)

   ház (“house”) → a házai (“his/her/its houses”)

2. (possessive suffix) your …-s (second-person singular and plural formal, multiple possessions)

   a maga házai, az ön házai – your (singular, formal) houses

   a maguk házai, az önök házai – your (plural, formal) houses

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -i is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-; final -e changes to -é-. The latter feature distinguishes it from the -i (adjective-forming suffix), which does not lengthen the preceding -a/-e.

  -ai is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ei is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -jai is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

  -jei is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i

  • If the possessed noun is in the plural and the possessor is expressed in English with a possessive pronoun only (rather than a noun), e.g. “their toys” (as opposed to “the children’s toys”), the -ik/-aik/-eik/-jaik/-jeik suffixes are required in Hungarian.

See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin -āvī, via -āī. Example: Italian lodai, from Latin laudāvī.

Suffix

-ai

1. Used with a stem to form the first-person singular past historic of -are verbs.

See also

• -erai

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ai m

1. masculine plural of -aio

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -ae (obsolete)

Suffix

-ai

1. forms the 2^nd-person plural affirmative imperative of 1^st conjugation verbs; appended to the stem

   Amai-vos uns aos outros.

   Love (you all) one another.

Usage notes

Like every other 2nd-person plural conjugation, its use is archaic.

Related terms

• -ei (affirmative imperative for 2nd-conjugation verbs)
• -i (affirmative imperative for 3rd-conjugation verbs)
• -eis (negative imperative for 1st-conjugation verbs)