A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar!
- The Absolute Negation. ===========================
It was mentioned earlier that one has to use some form of** لَيسَ** to negate the Arabic equational sentence. However, Arab grammarians have also defined a rather "strong" semantic environment where you have to useÍ instead. They called this method** لا النافية للجِنس** . Check the following examples:
1. There is a man in the house. في البَيتِ رَجُلٌ.
2. There is no man in the house.لـَيسَ في البَيتِ رَجُلٌ.
3. There is a no man in the house. لا رَجُلَ في البَيتِ.