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Negating the equational sentence in MSA (Classical Arabic) Note:  In MSA/Classical Arabic negating an equational sentence is with 0-1  لَيْسَ لَيْسَ is a deficient verb that exists with its subject in the nominative case and with the predicate in the accusative. A deficient verb does not express motion, like a regular verb, but affects the case ending of subjects and predicates similar to verbs. Nominative here implies when the subject carries a damma Accusative here implies when the predicate carries a fatha   Conjugation Table 0-2 لَيْسَ هُوَ he singular/masc. 0-3 لَيْسا هُما they dual/masc. 0-4 لَيْسوا هُمْ they plural/masc. 0-5 لَيْسَتْ هِىَ she singular/fem.   0-6 لَيْسَتا هُما they dual/fem. 0-7 لَسْنَ هُنَّ they plural/fem. See remaining conjugations Negation explained with examples Negating an equational sentence never got easier! 1 لَيْسَ مِشْ For Colloquial/spoken Arabic place “miŝ” closest to the word you want to negate.   Example:  2 مُنىَ في مِصْرِ مُنَى في مَصْرْ  Mona fi Masr. – Mona is in Cairo.   3  مُنىَ لَيْسَتْ في مِصْرِ مُنَى مِشْ في مَصْرْ  Mona miŝ fi Masr. – Mona is not in Cairo.
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