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 ===Overview of the verb forms===
 ====Present====
-The present tense is derived from the construction {{recon|''bi-''}} + verbal noun + possessive suffix (agreeing with the subject) which shifted in meaning into something like 'is at one's X-ing'. The possessive suffix component developed into the personal affixes for the present tense. This grammaticalization is reminiscent of the Biblical Hebrew construction for time clauses: ''bă-'' + [[w:infinitive construct|infinitive construct]] + personal suffix, e.g. ''bă-ḇôˀô'' lit. 'at his coming in', i.e. 'when he comes in'.
+The present tense stems from the Proto-Semitic stative, or the suffix conjugation.
 ====Imperfect====