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5. Negation

Learn to say 'no' and use 'Ur... ara'.

Verbal negation generally uses two elements: ur and ara. The form of the verb may change between the affirmative and the negative.

5.1. Negating an action

To negate an action, you wrap the verb with ur ... ara.

Yečča.
He ate.
Ur yečči ara.
He did not eat.
Yusa-d.
He came.
Ur d-yusi ara.
He did not come.

5.2. Negating a nominal sentence

To negate an identification or a quality (without an action verb), we use maci.

Nekk maci d aselmad.
I am not a teacher.
Maci d axxam.
It is not a house.

Practice

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  1. Ruḥ ur-k ttwaliɣ ara !

  2. Ur d-rmiseɣ ara imayl ass-a.

  3. Ur lliɣ ara mgal aɣawas-inek.

  4. Ur ishil ara i uxeddim.

  5. Ur yi-d-wwiḍen ara Imaylen ass-a.

  6. Tom ur yekkis ara tamart-is.

  7. Ala! Ur iḥemmel ara aman!

  8. Ur zmireɣ ara ad lḥuɣ.

  9. Ur tettuy ara ad yi-d-taruḍ.

  10. Ur ttqeṛṛib ara ar tmes.

  11. Ur ttaẓ ara ar tmes.

  12. Ur ttadɣaṛay ara ar tmes.

  13. Ur ttaẓet ara ar tmes.

  14. Ur ttedɣaṛayet ara ar tmes.

  15. Ur ttqeṛṛibet ara ar tmes.

  16. Ur kem-ittxuṣṣu ara kra yid-i.

  17. Abujed ur yesɛi ara tilisa.

  18. Nutni ur zgilen ara tamacint.

  19. Nutenti ur zgilent ara tamacint.

  20. Tom ur yettḥibbi ara ibelɛiraṣ.

  21. Ur fqiɛeɣ ara akk fell-ak.

  22. Ur fqiɛeɣ ara akk fell-am.

  23. Ur rfiɣ ara akk fell-ak.

  24. Ur rfiɣ ara akk fell-am.

  25. Ur fqiɛeɣ ara akk fell-awen.

  26. Ur fqiɛeɣ ara akk fell-akent.

  27. Ur yeshil ara i umahil

  28. Ur heddṛeɣ ara ɣef annect-a.

  29. Ur seṭṭleɣ ara ɛad tamart-iw.

  30. Ur kkiseɣ ara ɛad tamart-iw.

  31. Ur ken-teɛni ara maḍi temsalt.

  32. Suref-iyi, ur ttmeslayeɣ ara tapurtugit.

  33. Ulac ayen ur n-fennu ara.

  34. Ur ken-ttaraɣ ara d igellilen.

  35. Ur ken-ttaraɣ ara d iẓawaliyen.

  36. Ur kent-ttaraɣ ara d tigellilin.

  37. Ur kent-ttaraɣ ara d tiẓawaliyin.

  38. Ur ruḥeɣ ara acku εyiɣ.

  39. Ur tebɣa ara ad k-tẓer.

  40. Ur ɣ-tumineḍ ara yeεni ?

  41. Yenna-d tidet, ur yestufi ara.

  42. Ur bjiḥeɣ ara ɛad tawwurt.

  43. Ur cṛiqeɣ ara ɛad tawwurt.

  44. Ur tezwiǧeḍ ara, neɣ ?

  45. Ur d-nlul ara i nekni.

  46. Amεellem-iw ur t-iqenneε ara uneqqis-iw.

  47. Ur iɛum ara Tom ass-a.

  48. Ur tɛum ara Marie ass-a.

  49. Ur tɛummem ara ass-a, anaɣ?

  50. Ur tɛummemt ara ass-a, anaɣ?

  51. Ur ttɛumuɣ ara deg iḍ.

  52. Ur tettɛumu ara deg iḍ.

  53. Ur bɣiɣ ara ad terfuḍ.

  54. Lliɣ ur sεiɣ ara ččeɣ.

  55. Ur ssineɣ ara ad aruɣ.

  56. Ur yesṛuḥay ara Tom akud.

  57. Ur yesṛuḥay ara Tom lweqt.

  58. Ur εeṭṭlen ara ssensen times-nni.

  59. Ur ddiɣ ara deg twizi.

  60. Ur tecbiḥ ara am zik.

Practice exercises

1. How do you say 'He did not eat'?

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