-erai
French
editEtymology
editFrom the infinitive suffix -er along with ai ("I have")
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-erai
- forms the first-person singular future of regular -er verbs
Usage notes
edit- This is commonly pronounced as /-(ə).ʁɛ/ in the northern half of France, which does otherwise contrast /e/ and /ɛ/ in final open syllables, making the form homophonous with the first-person singular conditional. The distinction is also lost in the south, where the two sounds are in complementary distribution, /e/ occurring in open syllables and /ɛ/ in closed syllables.
Italian
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-erai (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the second-person singular future of regular -are and -ere verbs