لَسْتُI am not

Example sentences

• فَيَقُولُ لَسْتُ هُنَاكَ ـ

  So he says, "I am not there—"

  لَسْتُ — I am not. A special negative 'to be' word, behaving like a verb, with -tu ('I') fused on, so it states 'I am not'. It is one of a handful of words that negate a state directly without a separate 'not'. Here it denies the speaker's presence or fitness, setting up the locative phrase that follows.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• فَيَقُولُ لَسْتُ هُنَاكُمْ ـ

  And he will say, 'I am not among you—'

  لَسْتُ — I am not. A special negative 'to be' word, acting like a verb, with -tu ('I') fused on, stating 'I am not'. It negates a state directly without a separate 'not'. Here it denies the speaker's standing, leading into the locative phrase that follows.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• فَيَقُولُ لَسْتُ هُنَاكُمْ ـ

  So he says, "I am not among you."

  لَسْتُ — I am not. A special negative 'to be' word, acting like a verb, with -tu ('I') fused on, 'I am not'. It denies a state directly, no separate 'not' needed. Here it rejects the speaker's standing, leading into the locative phrase that follows.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• فَيَقُولُ لَسْتُ هُنَاكُمْ ـ

  Then he says, "I am not there among you."

  لَسْتُ — I am not. A special negative 'to be' word, behaving like a verb, with -tu ('I') fused on, 'I am not'. It negates a state directly with no separate 'not'. Here it denies the speaker's presence, leading into the locative phrase that follows.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →

• فَيَقُولُ لَسْتُ هُنَالِكُمْ

  Then he will say, "I am not there with you."

  لَسْتُ — I am not. A special negative 'to be' word, acting like a verb, with -tu ('I') fused on, 'I am not'. It negates a state directly without a separate 'not'. Here it denies the speaker's presence, leading into the locative phrase that follows.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →