In nominal sentence for negation, مَا is used. مَا makes Khabar mansub. Often بِ is used after مَا.
Negative Sentence |
Affirmative Sentence |
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مَا الْبَيْتُ بِجَدِيْدٍ |
مَا الْبَيْتُ جَدِيْدًا |
اَلْبَيْتُ جَدِيْدٌ |
the house is not new |
the house is not new |
the house is new |
مَا أَنَا بِمُدَرِّسٍ |
مَا أَنَا مُدَرِّسًا |
أَنَا مُدَرِّسٌ |
I am not teacher |
I am not teacher |
I am teacher |
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مَا عِنْدِي سَيَّارَةٌ |
عِنْدِيْ سَيَّارَةٌ |
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I have no car |
I have a car |
In the circumstances where there is double negation مَا is used for the 1st one and لَا is used for the 2nd one.
I have neither a book nor a pen |
مَا عِنْدِيْ قَلَمٌ وَ لَا كِتَابٌ |
he is neither a tiger nor a bear |
مَا هُوَ بَبْرًا وَ لَا دُبًّا |
he is neither a teacher nor a student |
مَا هُوَ مُدَرِّسًا وَ لَا طَالِبًا |
so, there is neither any power nor any helper for him |
فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ |
Again sometimes two لَا is used.
so, neither they have any fear nor they will be worried |
فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ |
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