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

Lam: active | passive

FormActivePassive
Second-person fem. singularلَمْ تَفْعَلِيلَمْ تُفْعَلِي
Second-person fem. dualلَمْ تَفْعَلَالَمْ تُفْعَلَا
Second-person fem. pluralلَمْ تَفْعَلْنَلَمْ تُفْعَلْنَ

The second-person feminine singular تَفْعَلِينَ becomes لَمْ تَفْعَلِي, losing inflectional nūn while keeping yāʾ. The feminine dual loses nūn as well, but the feminine plural keeps its own nūn.
لَمْ تَفْعَلِي — you (one woman) did not do.
لَمْ تَفْعَلْنَ — you women did not do.
Both constructions negate a past action despite using imperfect prefixes.

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Lam: feminine second-person paradigm

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

Lam: active | passive

FormActivePassive
Second-person fem. singularلَمْ تَفْعَلِيلَمْ تُفْعَلِي
Second-person fem. dualلَمْ تَفْعَلَالَمْ تُفْعَلَا
Second-person fem. pluralلَمْ تَفْعَلْنَلَمْ تُفْعَلْنَ

The second-person feminine singular تَفْعَلِينَ becomes لَمْ تَفْعَلِي, losing inflectional nūn while keeping yāʾ. The feminine dual loses nūn as well, but the feminine plural keeps its own nūn.
لَمْ تَفْعَلِي — you (one woman) did not do.
لَمْ تَفْعَلْنَ — you women did not do.
Both constructions negate a past action despite using imperfect prefixes.