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ما أكَلت

Negating verbs (past)

How to negate verbs in the past tense with ما

Negating with ما in the past tense is the same as negating with ما in the present tense. Let's look at some examples

Keywords

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Phrases

By practicing these phrases, you'll get comfortable using "ما" to negate actions in everyday conversations.

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Comments (2)

  1. لويس ·

    Typo: the 2nd example sentence has بشرب instead of شربت

  2. Learn Levantine ·

    @لويس. Thanks for spotting that! Fixed now :)

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