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*Past = (eroded) suffix conjugation that became analogized with the prefix present
*Past = (eroded) suffix conjugation that became analogized with the prefix present
**The ''y-'' prefix is not used when the verb is negated: ''nėx yxėþøb'' 'I write', ''nėx lė xėþøb'' 'I don't write'.
**The ''y-'' prefix is not used when the verb is negated: ''nėx yxėþøb'' 'I write', ''nėx lė xėþøb'' 'I don't write'.
*Present = from the Proto-Semitic L-stem, via analogy
*Present = from the bare w-form
*Imperative
*Imperative
**The imperative is negated with ''alt'': ''Xþøb!'' 'write!', ''Alt xþøb!'' 'don't write!'
**The imperative is negated with ''alt'': ''Xþøb!'' 'write!', ''Alt xþøb!'' 'don't write!'
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*Infinitive
*Infinitive
*Participles
*Participles
*Progressive ''lu'' from *ȝalė-hu, c.f. wrthi in Welsh


The suffix conjugation does not survive unlike in most other Semitic languages, except in certain irregular verbs like ''hwė '' 'to be'.
The suffix conjugation does not survive unlike in most other Semitic languages, except in certain irregular verbs like ''hwė '' 'to be'.
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| ''høm xþøb''
| ''høm xþøb''
|-
|-
! past progressive; past subjunctive
! past imperfective; past subjunctive
| ''fiti wyxþab''
| ''fiti wyxþab''
| ''fit wyxþab''
| ''fit wyxþab''
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|-
|-
! present
! present
| ''nėx yxėþøb''
| ''nėx wyxþab''
| ''aþ/eþ yxėþøb''
| ''aþ/eþ wyxþab''
| ''hu/hi xėþøb''
| ''hu/hi wyxþab''
| ''nan xėþøb''
| ''nan wyxþab''
| ''aþøm xėþøb''
| ''aþøm wyxþab''
| ''høm xėþøb''
| ''høm wyxþab''
|-
|-
! present progressive
! present progressive
| ''nėx še wyxþab''
| ''nėx lu wyxþab''
| ''aþ/eþ še wyxþab''
| ''aþ/eþ lu wyxþab''
| ''hu/hi še wyxþab''
| ''hu/hi lu wyxþab''
| ''nan še wyxþab''
| ''nan lu wyxþab''
| ''aþøm šu wyxþab''
| ''aþøm lu wyxþab''
| ''høm šu wyxþab''
| ''høm lu wyxþab''
|-
|-
! present subjunctive
! present subjunctive
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