A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar!

  1. 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.