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:github_url: https://git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_uhg/src/branch/master/content/particle_negative.rst
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.. _particle_negative:
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Particle Negative
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=================
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Summary
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Negative particles are terms that negate some aspect of a sentence, either an individual word or an entire phrase.
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Article
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אַיִן or אֵין
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This term is used in verbless clauses to negate an entire clause or
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sentence. It is sometimes classified as a :ref:`noun<noun_common>`
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but usually appears in the verbal position of normal :ref:`word order<word_order>`.
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Literally, the term is translated in English as "there is no" or "there
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is not"; but the English translation is often simplified to "is not"
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(see example below).
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.. _particle_negative-lo:
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לֹא
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---
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The word לֹא is the standard negative particle in Biblical Aramaic. This
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term often negates verbs, but it has potential to negate other kinds of
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words as well. In English, it is usually translated as "no" or "not".
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When used with :ref:`2nd person<person_second>`
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:ref:`imperfect<verb_imperfect-negative-directive>`
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verbs to express a negative command, this particle signifies a more
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emphatic command than the use of the negative particle אַל (with an imperfect verb).
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.. _particle_negative-al:
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אַל
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---
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The term אַַל is almost exclusively used to negate verbs; it is also the
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standard particle used to negate :ref:`jussive<verb_jussive>` and :ref:`cohortative<verb_cohortative>` verbs. When
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used with :ref:`2nd person<person_second>`
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:ref:`imperfect<verb_imperfect>`
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verbs to express a negative command, this particle signifies a less
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emphatic command than the use of the negative particle לֹא.
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