Language/Standard-arabic/Grammar/Negations

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:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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:

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

• 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