Arabic Negation Markers (أَدَواتُ النَّفْي في اللغة العربية) | INDEX
Overview
| Type of Resource | Summary posters (for learners), Instructional aids (for teachers) |
| Language Focus | Arabic Negation (أدوات النَّفي في اللغة العربية) |
| Skill Level | A2, B1, B2 (CEFR Common European Framework) |
| Target Audience | Arabic for speakers of other languages (primarily English) |
| Language | MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) |
| Themes | Miscellaneous |
| Quotes & Context | Some of the content used to contextualise the language was taken from poetry, literature, the media, religious scriptures and general statements by influential personalities from the Arab world and beyond. |
| Project | OERabic (Open Educational Arabic Resources) U. of Edinburgh OERabic.org @OERabic |
| Creative Commons Licence | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License |
| Published | September 2020 (Version 01) |
Credits & Acknowledgements
- Written & Designed by: Mourad Diouri (m.diouri@ed.ac.uk), U. of Edinburgh
A very special thank you to the following colleagues who have kindly reviewed these resources for content and language accuracy:
- Dr Muntasir Al-Hamad, Associate Professor of Arabic, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University
- Dr. Yehia A. Mohamed, Associate Professor of Arabic, Georgetown U. in Qatar
- Dr Rasha Soliman, Lecturer in Arabic Language & Linguistics, U. of Leeds
- Mr. Salim Al Mandhari, Linguistics Specialist, Sultan Qaboos University
- Dr. Mariam Aboelez, Teaching Fellow in Arabic Translation at the U. College London
- Dr. Sara Altubuly, Lecturer in Arabic, Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education
- Ms. Dimana Harvey, Alumni of U. of Edinburgh
- Mr. Mahammed Bouabdallah, Lecturer in Arabic & Researcher in Arabic and Islamic Studies, U. of Westminster
- Mr. Gerard Murphy, PG Student in Applied Linguistics, U. of Edinburgh,
- Miss. Rosie Maxton, Arabic Teaching Fellow, U. of Oxford
Summary Visuals
Resources Index
𝔹 – Beginner 𝕀 – Intermediate 𝔸 – Advanced
| # | Skill Level | NM | Negation Markers | Meaning & Usage | Visual Posters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 𝔹 | لا | Negative Particle | لا (to respond to a question or simply say No!) | no (as an answer to a question) | ⇑ Preview |
| 1b | 𝔹 | لا | Prohibitive Lā | لا الناهية (Present Negation) | do not... (Present Negation) | ⇑ Preview |
| 1c | 𝔹 | لا | Negating Lā | لا النافية (Present Negation) | do not, does not (Present Negation) | ⇑ Preview |
| 1d | 𝕀 | لا | No of Absolute Negation | لا النافية للجنس | no, there is (no) | ⇑ Preview |
| 1e | 𝕀 | ألا | Negation Marker | ألا | don't you/they, doesn't he/she | ⇑ Preview |
| 1g | 𝔸 | ألا | Negation Marker | ألاّ (- أن + لا) | not to | ⇑ Preview |
| 1h | 𝔹 | بلا | Negation Marker | بِلا | without | ⇑ Preview |
| 1j | 𝔸 | اللا | Negation Marker | اللا | non- | ⇑ Preview |
| 1k | 𝕀 | لا ... ولا | Negation Particle | لا ... ولا | neither ... nor... | ⇑ Preview |
| 1l | 𝔸 | كلا | Negation Particle | كَلاّ | never, nay | ⇑ Preview |
| 2a | 𝔹 | ما النافية | Negative Mā | ما النافية (Past Negation) | did not, have not, was not | ⇑ Preview |
| 2b | 𝔹 | ما النافية | Negative Mā | ما النافية (Present Negation) | not to be (present)، is not، am not | ⇑ Preview |
| 2c | 𝔸 | ما النافية | Negative Mā | ما النافية (Nominal Sentence Negation) | no | ⇑ Preview |
| 3a | 𝕀 | ليس | Negation Marker| The Verb لَيْسَ | not to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 3b | 𝕀 | ليس | Negation Marker| لَيْسَ | he/it is not: not to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 3c | 𝕀 | لست | Negation Marker| لَسْتُ | I am not: not to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 3d | 𝕀 | لسنا | Negation Marker| لَسْنا | We are not: not to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 3e | 𝕀 | لست | Negation Marker| لستَ | You (masc. sing.) are not” not to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 3f | 𝕀 | لست | Negation Marker| لستِ | You (fem. sing.) are not: not to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 3g | 𝕀 | لستم | Negation Marker| لَسْتُم | You (masc. pl.) are not: not to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 3h | 𝕀 | ليست | Negation Marker| لَيْسَت | She is not: not to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 3i | 𝕀 | ليسوا | Negation Marker| لَيْسُوا | they (masc. pl.) are not: not “to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 3j | 𝕀 | لسن | Negation Marker| لَسْنَ | They (fem. pl.) are not: not to be (present) | ⇑ Preview |
| 4 | 𝕀 | لن | Negation Marker | لَنْ | will not, never (future negation) | ⇑ Preview |
| 5a | 𝕀 | لم | Negation Particle | لَمْ (Past Negation) | did not, was not, has not | ⇑ Preview |
| 5b | 𝔸 | لم... وَ لم | Negation Marker| لَمْ ... وَ لَمْ (Past Negation) | neither ... nor... | ⇑ Preview |
| 6a | 𝔹 | غير | Negation Marker | غَيْر | not, non-, un-, dis- | ⇑ Preview |
| 6b | 𝔸 | غير | Negation Marker | غَيْر (Exception) | except | ⇑ Preview |
| 6c | 𝕀 | بغير | Negation Marker| بِغَيْر | without | ⇑ Preview |
| 7a | 𝕀 | دون | Negation Marker | دون | without | ⇑ Preview |
| 7b | 𝕀 | بدون | Negation Marker | بِدون | without | ⇑ Preview |
| 8a | 𝕀 | عدم | Negation Marker | عَدَم | non- , un-, in-, lack of (a thing or concept) | ⇑ Preview |
| 8b | 𝔸 | عديم | Negation Marker | عَديم | non-، un-، in-، lack of (a thing or concept) | ⇑ Preview |
