Negation tools

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مِشْ

   

/mish/

   

Is a negation tool for nouns and adjectives

   
 
   

Egyptian people tend to pronounce the negation tool in two ways

   

مِشْ

   

/mish/

   

and

   

مُشْ

   

/mush/

     
 
   

Examples:

   

أَنا مِشْ

   

/ʼanaa mish/

   

I am not

   

اِحْنا مِشْ

   

/iHnaa mish/

   

We are not

   
 
   

Examples:

   

إِنْتَ مِشْ

   

/ʼinta mish/

   

You are not (Masculine)

   

إِنْتِ مِشْ

   

/ʼinti mish/

   

You are not (Feminine)

   
 
   

Examples:

   

هُوَّ مِشْ

   

/huwwah mish/

   

He is not

   

هِيَّ مِشْ

   

/hiyyah mish/

   

She is not

   
 
 

Examples:

   

إِنْتوا مِشْ

   

/ʼintoo mish/

   

You are not (Plural)

   

هُمَّ مِشْ

   

/hummah mish/

   

They are not

   
 
   

Example:

   

هِيَّ مِشْ فَرَح

   

/hiyyah mish faraH/

   

Means

   

She is not Farah

   
 
   

مِشْ

   

/mish/

   

Is a negation tool for adjectives

   

As in

   

مِشْ كُوَيِّس

   

/mish kuwayyis/

   

Not good

   
 
   

مُشْ كِفايَة

   

/mush kifaayah/

   

Means

   

Not enough

   
 
   

ما

   

/maa/

   

Is used to express an action that did not happen in the past.

   

As in

   

ما رُحْتِش السُّوق

   

/maa ruHtish issooʼ/

   

I did not go to the market

   
   
   

Examples:

   

ما فطِرْتِشْ

   

/maa fTirtish/

   

I did not have breakfast

   

ما شُفْتِش صاحْبي

   

/maa shuftish SaHbee/

   

I did not meet my friend

   
 
   

ما

   

/maa/

   

Is a negation tool for present tense for habits and dislikes

   

ما بَشْرَبْش قَهْوَة

   

/maa bashrabsh ʼahwah/

   

I do not drink coffee

   
 
 

Examples:

   

مِا بَلْعَبْش رِياضَة

   

/maa balʻabsh riyaadhah/

   

I do not work out

   

ما بَتْكَلِّمْش عَرَبي

   

/maa batkallimsh ʻarabee/

   

I do not speak Arabic

   
 
   

مِشْ هَـ

   

/mish ha/

   

Is a negation tool for future tense

     
 
   

Examples:

   

مِشْ هَـنروحْ

   

/mish hanrooH/

   

We will not go

   

مِشْ هَـلْعَبْ

   

/mish halʻab/

   

I will not work out