LessonsNegating Nominal Sentences with مَاQuiz

Choose the plain or emphatic pattern according to the intended meaning, while keeping the noun of مَا nominative and forming the predicate correctly.

Intended meaning
Arabic pattern

The two girls are not truthful
مَا الْبِنْتَانِ صَادِقَتَيْنِ

The women are not liars
مَا النِّسَاءُ كَاذِبَاتٍ

The female students are not present
مَا الطَّالِبَاتُ حَاضِرَاتٍ

They are certainly not believers
مَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

You are certainly not mad
مَا أَنْتَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

These are not hypocrites
مَا هَؤُلَاءِ مُنَافِقِينَ

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Negating Nominal Sentences with مَا

Choose the plain or emphatic pattern according to the intended meaning, while keeping the noun of مَا nominative and forming the predicate correctly.

Intended meaning
Arabic pattern

The two girls are not truthful
مَا الْبِنْتَانِ صَادِقَتَيْنِ

The women are not liars
مَا النِّسَاءُ كَاذِبَاتٍ

The female students are not present
مَا الطَّالِبَاتُ حَاضِرَاتٍ

They are certainly not believers
مَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

You are certainly not mad
مَا أَنْتَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

These are not hypocrites
مَا هَؤُلَاءِ مُنَافِقِينَ