Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! The Absolute Negation. =========================== It was mentioned earlier that one has to use some form of** لَيسَ** to negate the Arabic equational sentence. However, Arab grammarians have also defined a rather "strong" semantic environment where you have to use Í instead. They called this method** لا النافية للجِنس**. Check the following examples: 1. There is a man in the house. في البَيتِ رَجُلٌ. 2.
There is no man in the house. لـَيسَ في البَيتِ رَجُلٌ. 3. There is a no man in the house. لا رَجُلَ في البَيتِ. Previous Next