{"id":931,"date":"2010-12-06T14:42:22","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T14:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=931"},"modified":"2014-07-10T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T17:20:21","slug":"arabic-negation-using-laa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/arabic-negation-using-laa\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabic Negation Using \u2018laa\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my previous post, I explained how (\u0644\u0627) can be used to indicate categorical negation. In this post, I explain the difference between its use for negation (\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0641\u064a) and prohibition (\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0647\u064a).<\/p>\n<p>(\u0644\u0627) is used for negation (\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0641\u064a) with present tense verbs, e.g.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627 \u0623\u0634\u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0647\u0648\u0629 \u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631\u0627\u064b.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not drink a lot of coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627 \u0646\u062d\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0628\u0627\u062d\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0646\u0647\u0627\u0631.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not like swimming in rivers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0633\u0645\u062d\u0648\u0646 \u0644\u0644\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0628 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0641\u0631 \u062e\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0631\u0627\u0633\u064a\u061f<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you not allow your students to travel during the academic year?\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0623\u0635\u062f\u0642\u0627\u0626\u064a \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u062d\u0628\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u0645\u0627\u0643.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friends do not like fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(\u0644\u0627) is used for prohibition (\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0647\u064a) as well. In this case, it is used with second person pronouns only (you), and it makes the verb jussive (\u0645\u062c\u0632\u0648\u0645), consider the following examples:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0634\u0631\u0628 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t drink in the office.\u201d (sing. masc)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0634\u0631\u0628\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t drink in the office.\u201d (sing. fem)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0634\u0631\u0628\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t drink in the office.\u201d (dual)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0634\u0631\u0628\u0648\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t drink in the office.\u201d (pl. masc)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0634\u0631\u0628\u0646\u064e \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t drink in the office.\u201d (pl. fem.)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my previous post, I explained how (\u0644\u0627) can be used to indicate categorical negation. In this post, I explain the difference between its use for negation (\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0641\u064a) and prohibition (\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0647\u064a). (\u0644\u0627) is used for negation (\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0641\u064a) with present tense verbs, e.g. \u0644\u0627 \u0623\u0634\u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0647\u0648\u0629 \u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631\u0627\u064b. \u201cI do not drink a lot of coffee.\u201d \u0644\u0627&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/arabic-negation-using-laa\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8304,12968,2809],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","tag-arabic-grammar","tag-negation-and-prohibition","tag-particles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read the Arabic Language Blog - Arabic Negation Using \u2018laa\u2019\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"aziza\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/arabic-negation-using-laa\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arabic Language Blog | Language and Culture of the Arabic-Speaking World\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arabic Negation Using \u2018laa\u2019 | Arabic Language Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read the Arabic Language Blog - 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