LessonsThe Prohibitive: Negation, Prohibition and Jussive EndingsQuiz

Recall the ending groups taught before. Prohibitive لَا applies the same jussive changes.

● A regular final consonant receives sukun: تَكْتُبُ ← لَا تَكْتُبْ.
● A form ending in inflectional nūn loses that nūn: تَقْتُلُونَ ← لَا تَقْتُلُوا.
● The feminine-plural pronominal nūn remains: تَكْتُبْنَ ← لَا تَكْتُبْنَ.

Do not delete every nūn: inflectional and pronominal nūn are different.

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The Prohibitive: Negation, Prohibition and Jussive Endings

Recall the ending groups taught before. Prohibitive لَا applies the same jussive changes.

● A regular final consonant receives sukun: تَكْتُبُ ← لَا تَكْتُبْ.
● A form ending in inflectional nūn loses that nūn: تَقْتُلُونَ ← لَا تَقْتُلُوا.
● The feminine-plural pronominal nūn remains: تَكْتُبْنَ ← لَا تَكْتُبْنَ.

Do not delete every nūn: inflectional and pronominal nūn are different.