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 ====Preterite====
 The preterite indicates an action that was completed in the past. It was inherited from the Proto-Semitic preterite.
-Morphologically, the preterite is one of two forms that inherit the Proto-Semitic prefix conjugation. The personal prefixes are usually 1st person ''no-'', 2nd person ''to-'', and 3rd person ''je-'', but a "weak" 1st radical may change the prefix vowel.
 :'''''Lu {{blue|nohób}} vohób.'''''
 :''I gave him gold.''
-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.
+Morphologically, the preterite is one of two forms that inherit the Proto-Semitic prefix conjugation. The personal prefixes are usually 1st person ''no-'', 2nd person ''to-'', and 3rd person ''je-'', but a "weak" 1st radical may change the prefix vowel. 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====