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Learning the Arabic Negation is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Arabic language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Arabic.
Arabic negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy).
In Arabic there are a few words for negation la لا,ma ما and لن lan. Lan is used to negate the future. In Arabic slang they use the negation ma plus sh ما ش the word being negated put in between, like in French ne – pas (je ne parle pas), for example ma 3araf sh ما عرفش I don’t know, ma 3ali sh معلش , this is a very common phrase meaning It doesn't matter. Here are some examples:
| English Negation | Arabic Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | نَفْي - nafee |
| he is not here | انَّه لَيْس هُنَا - anah laees honaa |
| that is not my book | هَذَا لَيْس كِتَابِي - hathaa laees ketaabeee |
| do not enter | لَا تَدْخُل - laa tadkhol |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Arabic.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Arabic placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Arabic vocabulary.
| English Negation | Arabic Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | أَنَا لَا أَتَكَلَّم - aanaa laa aatakalam |
| I don't write | أَنَا لَا أَكْتُب - aanaa laa aaktob |
| I don't drive | أَنَا لَا اقُوّد - aanaa laa aqowd |
| I don't love | أَنَا لَا أُحِب - aanaa laa aoheb |
| I don't give | أَنَا لَا أُعْطِي - aanaa laa ao'teee |
| I don't smile | أَنَا لَا ابْتَسِم - aanaa laa abtasem |
| I don't take | أَنَا لَا آَخُذ - aanaa laa aakhoth |
| he doesn't speak | انَّه لَا يَتَحَدَّث - anah laa eeatahadath |
| he doesn't write | انَّه لَا يَكْتُب - anah laa eeaktob |
| he doesn't drive | انَّه لَا يَقُوْد - anah laa eeaqowd |
| he doesn't love | انَّه لَا يُحِب - anah laa eeoheb |
| he doesn't give | انَّه لَا يُعْطِي - anah laa eeo'teee |
| he doesn't smile | انَّه لَا يَبْتَسِم - anah laa eeabtasem |
| he doesn't take | انَّه لَا يَأْخُذ - anah laa eeaakhoth |
| we don't speak | نَحْن لَا نَتَحَّدَث - nahn laa natahadath |
| we don't write | نَحْن لَا نَكْتُب - nahn laa naktob |
| we don't drive | نَحْن لَا نُقُوْد - nahn laa noqowd |
| we don't love | نَحْن لَا نُحِب - nahn laa noheb |
| we don't give | نَحْن لَا نُعْطِي - nahn laa no'teee |
| we don't smile | نَحْن لَا نَبْتَسِم - nahn laa nabtasem |
| we don't take | نَحْن لَا نَاخُذ - nahn laa naakhoth |
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