Verb conjugation: *k-t-b 'write' — imperfect / yiktub

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The PREFIX conjugation — Semitic's imperfect/present/future tense. This is the ancient PS conjugation whose subject-marker system is the mirror image of the perfect: person is marked BEFORE the root (prefix) and, for some persons, also AFTER (suffix). The prefixes ʔ- (1cs), t- (2/3fs), y- (3ms), n- (1cp) are near-universal across the family.
Concept	East Semitic	Northwest Semitic				Central Semitic	South Arabian	Ethio-Semitic			Proto-Semitic
Concept	Akkadian	Ugaritic	Hebrew	Aramaic	Syriac	Arabic	Sabaean	Geʿez	Amharic	Tigrinya	Proto-Semitic
he writes / will write (3ms)	išaṭṭar	𐎊𐎋𐎚𐎁 · yktb	יִכְתֹּב · yiḵtōv	יִכְתּוֹב	ܢܸܟܼܬܘܿܒ · neḵtōḇ	يكتب · yaktubu	𐩺𐩫𐩩𐩨 · yktb	ይጽሕፍ · yəṣəḥəf	ይጽፋል · yəṣəfal	ይጽሕፍ · yəṣəḥəf	*ya-ktub-u
she writes (3fs)	tašaṭṭar	𐎚𐎋𐎚𐎁 · tktb	תִּכְתֹּב · tiḵtōv	תִּכְתּוֹב	ܬܸܟܼܬܘܿܒ · teḵtōḇ	تكتب · taktubu	𐩩𐩫𐩩𐩨 · tktb	ትጽሕፍ · təṣəḥəf	ትጽፋለች · təṣəfalläčč	ትጽሕፍ · təṣəḥəf	*ta-ktub-u
you write (2ms)	tašaṭṭar	𐎚𐎋𐎚𐎁 · tktb	תִּכְתֹּב · tiḵtōv	תִּכְתּוֹב	ܬܸܟܼܬܘܿܒ · teḵtōḇ	تكتب · taktubu	𐩩𐩫𐩩𐩨 · tktb	ትጽሕፍ · təṣəḥəf	ትጽፋለህ · təṣəfalläh	ትጽሕፍ · təṣəḥəf	*ta-ktub-u
I write (1cs)	ašaṭṭar	𐎀𐎋𐎚𐎁 · aktb	אֶכְתֹּב · ʾeḵtōv	אֶכְתּוֹב	ܐܸܟܼܬܘܿܒ · ʾeḵtōḇ	أكتب · ʾaktubu	𐩱𐩫𐩩𐩨 · ʔktb	እጽሕፍ · ʾəṣəḥəf	እጽፋለሁ · əṣəfallähu	እጽሕፍ · ʾəṣəḥəf	*ʔa-ktub-u
they write (3mp)	išaṭṭarū	𐎊𐎋𐎚𐎁𐎐 · yktbn	יִכְתְּבוּ · yiḵtəḇū	יִכְתְּבוּן	ܢܸܟܼܬܒܘܿܢ · neḵtḇōn	يكتبون · yaktubūna	𐩺𐩫𐩩𐩨𐩬 · yktbn	ይጽሕፉ · yəṣəḥəfu	ይጽፋሉ · yəṣəfallu	ይጽሕፉ · yəṣəḥəfu	*ya-ktub-ū
we write (1cp)	nišaṭṭar	𐎐𐎋𐎚𐎁 · nktb	נִכְתֹּב · niḵtōv	נִכְתּוֹב	ܢܸܟܼܬܘܿܒ · neḵtōḇ	نكتب · naktubu	𐩬𐩫𐩩𐩨 · nktb	ንጽሕፍ · nəṣəḥəf	እንጽፋለን · ənəṣəfallän	ንጽሕፍ · nəṣəḥəf	*na-ktub-u