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Expressing prohibition – don’t Posted by aziza on Aug 19, 2010
To express prohibition (النهي) in Arabic, we use the particle (لا) with the present tense form of the verb conjugated with you. In this post, I explain how to make orders with (أنتَ) you singular masculine. Consider the following examples: أنتَ تفتح. You open. لا تفتحْ. Don’t open! أنتَ تستمع. You listen. لا تستمعْ. Don’t…