LessonsNegating the Imperfect with Lan and Lam: Subjunctive, Jussive and Full ParadigmsQuiz

Lan: active | passive

FormActivePassive
Second-person masc. singularلَنْ تَفْعَلَلَنْ تُفْعَلَ
Second-person masc. dualلَنْ تَفْعَلَالَنْ تُفْعَلَا
Second-person masc. pluralلَنْ تَفْعَلُوالَنْ تُفْعَلُوا

لَنْ تَفْعَلَ means ‘you (one male) will not do’. In the dual and plural, the alif or wāw remains while inflectional nūn drops.
لَنْ تَفْعَلَا — you two will not do.
لَنْ تَفْعَلُوا — you (masc. plural) will not do.
All these are future-negative statements; they are not imperatives or prohibitions.

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Lan: masculine second-person paradigm

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

Lan: active | passive

FormActivePassive
Second-person masc. singularلَنْ تَفْعَلَلَنْ تُفْعَلَ
Second-person masc. dualلَنْ تَفْعَلَالَنْ تُفْعَلَا
Second-person masc. pluralلَنْ تَفْعَلُوالَنْ تُفْعَلُوا

لَنْ تَفْعَلَ means ‘you (one male) will not do’. In the dual and plural, the alif or wāw remains while inflectional nūn drops.
لَنْ تَفْعَلَا — you two will not do.
لَنْ تَفْعَلُوا — you (masc. plural) will not do.
All these are future-negative statements; they are not imperatives or prohibitions.