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Negations in the Arabic language
In this lesson, I will explain to you some of the negation rules in Arabic and their common usage.
لا - لــم - لــن - لـيس - لـيست
There are many other ways for negation in Arabic, I've just introduced some of them.
(la'a) لا Negation for verbs in the present tense:[edit | edit source]
- This man doesn't work with us. هذا الرجل لا يعمل معنا
- They don't speak Arabic. هم لا يتكلمون العربية
- She doesn't know anything about the truth. هي لا تعلم أى شيئ عن الحقيقة
(Lam) لم Negation for verbs in the past tense:[edit | edit source]
- These guys didn't attend the party yesterday. هؤلاء الرجال لم يحضروا الحفلة بالأمس
- We're sorry, we didn't tell you about that. نحن آسفون أننا لم نخبركم بالأمر:
- He didn't bring his cellphone with him. هو لم يجلب هاتفه الخلوي معه
(Lan) لــن Negation for verbs in the future tense:[edit | edit source]
- The workers won't come tomorrow. لن يأت العاملون غدا
- Smoking will not be allowed during the meeting. لن يسمح بالتدخين خلال اللقاء
- I won't help you, because I'll be busy tonight. لن أستطيع مساعدتكم، لأنني سأكون مشغول هذه الليلة
(Laysa/ Laysat) ليس، ليست Negation of the nominal sentences:[edit | edit source]
Note : ليس = for masculin / ليست = for feminine
- She is not the responsible here. هي ليست المسؤولة هنا
- He is not a teacher, he is a lawyer. هو ليس معلماً، هو محامي
- This cat is not a female. هذا القط ليس أنثى
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- THE CASES OR DECLENSION OF NOUNS (Subjet, Direct and Indirec objects)
- RELATIVE PRONOUNS
- Read the Vowels
- Pronouns
- DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
- Subject pronouns
- Plural
- THE DECLENSION OF THE SOUND MASCULINE PLURAL
- THE DECLENSION OF THE SOUND FEMININE PLURAL