<0xA5> ▁b <0xC7> <0x9D> , ▁the ▁v owel ▁sequence ▁ <0xC7> <0x9D> + <0xC7> <0x9D> ▁mer ges ▁into ▁the ▁v owel ▁ä : ▁ <0xE1> <0x89> <0xA0> <0xE1> <0x89> <0xB2> ▁ <0xE1> <0x88> <0x98> <0xE1> <0x8C> <0x8B> <0xE1> <0x8B> <0x9D> ▁b ä ti ▁m äg az ▁' with ▁the ▁saw '. ▁ ▁After ▁other ▁pre pos itions , ▁the ▁initial ▁v owel ▁of ▁the ▁article ▁is ▁often ▁dropped : ▁ <0xE1> <0x8A> <0xAB> <0xE1> <0x89> <0xA5> <0xE1> <0x89> <0xB2> ▁ <0xE1> <0x8A> <0xA5> <0xE1> <0x89> <0xB0> <0xE1> <0x88> <0x93> <0xE1> <0x8B> <0xB0> <0xE1> <0x88> <0xA8> <0xE1> <0x88> <0x89> ▁ <0xE1> <0x89> <0xA6> <0xE1> <0x89> <0xB3> ▁k ab ti ▁ <0xC7> <0x9D> tt ä ḥ ad är äll u ▁b ota ▁' from ▁the ▁place ▁where ▁he ▁spent ▁the ▁night '. ▁ ▁Ver bs ▁ ▁In ▁T igr in ya , ▁as ▁in ▁other ▁Sem it ic ▁languages , ▁a ▁verb ▁is ▁a ▁complex ▁object , ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁se lections ▁by ▁the ▁speaker / writer ▁along ▁at ▁least ▁four ▁separate ▁dimensions . ▁ ▁Root ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁a ▁Sem it ic ▁verb ▁is ▁its ▁root , ▁most ▁often ▁consisting ▁of ▁three ▁con son ants . ▁▁ ▁This ▁determ ines ▁the ▁basic ▁lex ical ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁verb . ▁ ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁T igr in ya ▁root ▁meaning ▁' break ' ▁consists ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁con son ants ▁{ s br }. ▁ ▁Der iv ational ▁pattern ▁ ▁The ▁root ▁may ▁be ▁alter ed ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁ways ▁that