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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
As in English, Far East Semitic verbs are analytic with some vestigial ablaut; participial (with ''m-'') and verbnoun (with ''t-'' and other grammaticalized noun derivations) forms are common, as in modern Aramaic dialects. | As in English, Far East Semitic verbs are analytic with some vestigial ablaut; participial (with ''m-'') and verbnoun (with ''t-'' and other grammaticalized noun derivations) forms are common, as in modern Aramaic dialects. | ||
==== Derivation ==== | |||
Derivations that correspond to binyanim in other Semitic languages are more concatenative: | Derivations that correspond to binyanim in other Semitic languages are more concatenative: | ||
*G-stem: xtab, xtib | *G-stem: xtab, xtib | ||
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the pa'al / pi'el distinction surfaces as initial clusters vs minor syllables | the pa'al / pi'el distinction surfaces as initial clusters vs minor syllables | ||
mə- prefix for derived nouns -> prenasalization in the quasi-Hmoob language | mə- prefix for derived nouns -> prenasalization in the quasi-Hmoob language | ||
====Inflection==== | ==== Inflection ==== | ||
particles for aspects like Wdm (mɨn for perfect tense etc) | |||
bə xtib an = I write | bə xtib an = I write | ||