4.3 Negative Articles (Adawatu nnafyi) أدوات ال نفي

• identify negative articles (Adawatu nnafyi) in texts for information
• use Adawatu nnafyi to construct sentences
• appreciate the role of Adawatu nnafyi in day to day life for effective communication

“How does Adawatu nnafyi affect meaning in texts?”

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1. Negative particles: what they are
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   Brainstorm the meaning of negative particles in Arabic grammar and identify them in sentences.
2. La and ma: negating the present and the past
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   Use la with the present verb and ma with the past verb, and pick them out from sentences.
3. Lam and lan: negating the past and the future
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use lam with the jussive and lan with the subjunctive to negate the past and the future.
4. Laysa: negating a nominal sentence
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use laysa with different persons to negate nominal sentences.
5. La that denies a whole class of things
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use la an-nafiya lil-jins to say that something does not exist at all.
6. Highlighting negatives in a paragraph on transport
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read a paragraph on means of transport and pick out and explain the negative particles.
7. A road safety scene with negative sentences
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Role play a road safety scene using negative sentences in oral Arabic.
8. The effect of negative particles on meaning
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Explain how the negative particles change meaning in texts and answer the key question.