Negating the Imperfect with Lan and Lam: Subjunctive, Jussive and Full Paradigms

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• What is the central temporal difference between لَنْ يَفْعَلَ and لَمْ يَفْعَلْ?
• What is the correctly governed form of يَكْتُبُ after lan?
• What is the correctly governed form of يَكْتُبُ after lam?
• Why does the final vowel of يَفْعَلُ change in لَنْ يَفْعَلَ?
• Why does لَمْ يَفْعَلْ end with sukūn?
• What is deleted when يَفْعَلَانِ becomes لَنْ يَفْعَلَا?
• Why is لَنْ يَفْعَلُونَ incorrect as a governed plural form?
• Which active paradigm position can لَنْ تَفْعَلِي occupy?
• Why is the nūn retained in لَنْ تَفْعَلْنَ?
• What is correct instead of لَمْ تَفْعَلِينَ?
• What is the principal distinction between لَنْ يُفْعَلَ and لَنْ يَفْعَلَ?
• Which meaning matches لَمْ يُفْعَلْ?
• What changes in meaning between لَمْ نَفْعَلْ and لَمْ نُفْعَلْ?
• Which is the correct passive third-person masculine dual after lan?
• Which is the active third-person masculine plural under lam?
• Across the fourteen paradigm positions, how many lose inflectional nūn after lan?
• What happens in the five normally ḍamma-final positions after lam?
• Which person and temporal meaning does لَنْ أَفْعَلَ convey?
• Which analysis of لَمْ أُفْعَلْ is correct?
• What distinguishes لَمْ يَفْعَلْنَ from لَمْ تَفْعَلْنَ?
• What follows from both lam and lan deleting masculine-plural inflectional nūn?
• If لَنْ تَفْعَلَا has the same shape in several positions, how is the intended person identified?
• Why may يَفْعَلْنَ after lam be in a jussive position despite keeping its nūn?
• Which translation matches the textbook exercise لَنْ يَجْتَنِبَ?
• Which translation matches the textbook exercise لَمْ يَكْتُبْ?
• Which active form means “you men will not do”?
• Which active form means “those women did not do”?
• Which pattern means “the action will not be done to us”?
• What two changes distinguish لَمْ يَكْتُبُوا from لَا يَكْتُبُونَ?
• How would يَسْمَعُ be used for “he did not hear”?