First-person negative forms are produced by adding mā before the corresponding affirmative past. Active and passive remain distinct.
Singular — مَا فَعَلْتُ: I did not. | مَا فُعِلْتُ: I was not acted upon.
Plural — مَا فَعَلْنَا: we did not. | مَا فُعِلْنَا: we were not acted upon.
مَا كَتَبْتُ — I did not write.
مَا ضُرِبْنَا — we were not struck.
The person/number ending is stable in both examples. Voice is distinguished by the stem vowels, not by the first-person plural suffix.
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First-person negative past forms
Complete Past-Tense Paradigm: Active, Passive, Affirmative and Negative
First-person negative forms are produced by adding mā before the corresponding affirmative past. Active and passive remain distinct.
Singular — مَا فَعَلْتُ: I did not. | مَا فُعِلْتُ: I was not acted upon.
Plural — مَا فَعَلْنَا: we did not. | مَا فُعِلْنَا: we were not acted upon.
مَا كَتَبْتُ — I did not write.
مَا ضُرِبْنَا — we were not struck.
The person/number ending is stable in both examples. Voice is distinguished by the stem vowels, not by the first-person plural suffix.