Four imperfect paradigms provide 56 pronoun positions: fourteen affirmative active, fourteen affirmative passive, fourteen negative active and fourteen negative passive. Recognition involves person, number, gender, voice and polarity as distinct facts.
Word / formMeaning / explanation
يَفْعَلُونَthird-person masculine plural, active affirmative.
لَا يَفْعَلُونَsame person/number, active negative.
يُفْعَلُونَsame person/number, passive affirmative.
لَا يُفْعَلُونَsame person/number, passive negative.
With ordinary negative لَا, the indicative ending remains here. لَنْ and لَمْ introduce different inflectional conditions and belong to the next separate section.