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

Lan: active | passive

FormActivePassive
Second-person fem. singularلَنْ تَفْعَلِيلَنْ تُفْعَلِي
Second-person fem. dualلَنْ تَفْعَلَالَنْ تُفْعَلَا
Second-person fem. pluralلَنْ تَفْعَلْنَلَنْ تُفْعَلْنَ

The feminine singular تَفْعَلِينَ loses its inflectional nūn, becoming تَفْعَلِي. The feminine dual likewise loses it; the feminine plural retains nūn al-niswah.
لَنْ تَفْعَلِي — you, one woman, will not do.
لَنْ تَفْعَلْنَ — you women will not do.
The different endings ي and نَ identify different persons.

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Lan: feminine second-person paradigm

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

Lan: active | passive

FormActivePassive
Second-person fem. singularلَنْ تَفْعَلِيلَنْ تُفْعَلِي
Second-person fem. dualلَنْ تَفْعَلَالَنْ تُفْعَلَا
Second-person fem. pluralلَنْ تَفْعَلْنَلَنْ تُفْعَلْنَ

The feminine singular تَفْعَلِينَ loses its inflectional nūn, becoming تَفْعَلِي. The feminine dual likewise loses it; the feminine plural retains nūn al-niswah.
لَنْ تَفْعَلِي — you, one woman, will not do.
لَنْ تَفْعَلْنَ — you women will not do.
The different endings ي and نَ identify different persons.