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===Nouns===
===Nouns===
===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Far East Semitic verbs are more analytic; participial and verbnoun forms are more common, as in modern Aramaic dialects.
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 "wrote", yə·xtub "writes" (all persons and numbers)
*G-stem: xtab
*D-stem: kʰətʰab "dictated? took notes?", yə·kʰətʰɨb (present tense form)
*D-stem: kʰətʰab
*N-stem: nə·xtab  
*N-stem: nə·xtab  
*S-stem: šə·xtab
*S-stem: šə·xtab
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====Inflection====
====Inflection====
==Derivation==
==Derivation==
==Syntax==
==Syntax==
[[Category:Semitic languages]]
[[Category:Semitic languages]]
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