Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! Negation Particle لـَيسَ (Revisited) ========================================== In rule # 22, it was mentioned that any form of لـَيسَ is used to negate Equational Sentences.
We also said in rule # 62 that present tense verbal sentences are negated by using لا Please check the following sentences: **نـَعرِفُ أنَّ السَّادات کانَ واحِداً من أبطالِ الثورةِ المصريَّةِ.** We know that Sadaat was one of the heros of the Egyptian revolution. **لا نـَعرِفُ أنَّ السَّادات کانَ واحِداً من أبطالِ الثورةِ المصريَّةِ.** We don't know that Sadaat was one of the heros of the Egyptian revolution.
If, however, the same sentence starts with a pronoun subject, Arabic allows you to negate it with** لـَيسَ** In fact, this form of negation is pretty strong. **نـَحنُ نـَعرِفُ أنَّ السَّادات کانَ واحِداً من أبطالِ الثورةِ المصريَّةِ.** **لـَسنا نـَعرِفُ أنَّ السَّادات کانَ واحِداً من أبطالِ الثورةِ المصريَّةِ.** Previous Next