Place mā before each masculine third-person active or passive form. The person and number remain the same.
FormActivePassive
Singularمَا فَعَلَ: he did not.مَا فُعِلَ: he was not acted upon.
Dualمَا فَعَلَا: those two did not.مَا فُعِلَا: those two were not acted upon.
Pluralمَا فَعَلُوا: they did not.مَا فُعِلُوا: they were not acted upon.
The ending ـوا remains in both negative plural forms. The active-passive distinction comes from the stem vowels, not the number suffix.
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Complete Past-Tense Paradigm: Active, Passive, Affirmative and Negative
Place mā before each masculine third-person active or passive form. The person and number remain the same.
FormActivePassive
Singularمَا فَعَلَ: he did not.مَا فُعِلَ: he was not acted upon.
Dualمَا فَعَلَا: those two did not.مَا فُعِلَا: those two were not acted upon.
Pluralمَا فَعَلُوا: they did not.مَا فُعِلُوا: they were not acted upon.
The ending ـوا remains in both negative plural forms. The active-passive distinction comes from the stem vowels, not the number suffix.