is not

ليس

Not be

How to say I am not ….

Negation in Arabic: to negate nominal sentences in Arabic use (ليس ) or (ليست ) according to masculine and feminine.

To say “I’m not, he is not, she is not, we’re not….” In Arabic we use “laysa ليس”, which is a verb that you need to conjugate:

Notes: you have to mention the noun then the word ليس

Ex: أنا لستُ طالب

I’m not a student.

جون ليس طبيب

John is not a doctor 

	Masculine	Feminine
First person (masc. or fem. ) or both	أَنَا لستُ (ana lastu) I’m not	أَنَا لستُ (ana lastu) I’m not	I ( singular)
	نَحْنُ لسْنا (nahnu lasna) We are not	نَحْنُ لسْنا (nahnu lasna) We are not	We (dual or plural)
Second Person	أَنْتَ لستَ (anta lasta) You’re not	أَنْتِ لستِ (anti lasti) You’re not	You ( singular)
	أَنْتُمَا لستما (antuma las tuma) You’re not	أَنْتُمَا لستما (antuma las tuma) You’re not	You (dual)
	أَنْتُمْ لستُم (antum lastum) You’re not	أَنْتُنَّ لستُنَّ (antun lastun) You’re not	You ( plural)
Third Person	هُوَ ليسَ (huwa Lisa) He/it is not	هِيَ ليستْ (hiya lisat) She (it/they) is not	He, it / She, it (singular) Use ( هي) for  they (Irrational, masc. or fem.) (plural)
	هُمَا ليسا (huma lessa) They’re not	هُمَا ليستا (huma lessta) They’re not	They (dual)
	هُمْ ليسوا (hum laysu) They’re not	هُنَّ لَسْنَ (hunna lasna) They’re not	They (plural)

 

Notice the difference:
IF you want to use the negative word (ليس), drop the letter ( ي ) with these pronouns
( أنا – نحن – أنتَ – انتِ – أنتما – أنتم – أنتنّ – هنّ )
Such as: جون ليس مُعلم
John is not a teacher

Don't drop letters ( ي ) with these pronouns (( هو – هي – هما – هم

Don’t drop letters too with nouns substitute previous group of pronouns

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