From the infinitive suffix-er along withai ("I have")
-erai (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- forms thefirst-personsingularfuture of regular-er verbs
- 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 thefirst-personsingularconditional. The distinction is also lost in the south, where the two sounds are incomplementary distribution, /e/ occurring in open syllables and /ɛ/ in closed syllables.
- IPA(key): /eˈraj/
- Rhymes:-aj
- Hyphenation:-e‧rài
-erai (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form thesecond-personsingularfuture of regular-are and-ere verbs