لَسْتُ I am not in Arabic
لَسْتُ is how you say “I am not” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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More example sentences
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.
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.
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.
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.