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 :''I gave him gold.''
-Note that the 3fs form of ''jektól'' is ''jektóli'', not ''toktól'' as it would be in other Semitic languages! This is often a shibboleth for Hebrew and Arabic speakers.
+Note that unlike in other Semitic languages, the 1st person singular prefix is ''n-'' (not {{recon|ʔ-}}), and number/gender suffixes are added as in 2nd and 3rd person (cf. Maghrebi Arabic/Maltese). Also, 3fs form of ''jektól'' is ''jektóli'', not ''toktól''! This is often a shibboleth for Hebrew and Arabic speakers.
 ====Subjunctive====