Lam and lamma: negating the past

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1. The moods of the present verb
2. An-nawasib: the particles of the subjunctive
3. Using an and lan in sentences
4. Kay, lam al-taʿlil, hatta and idhan
5. Al-jawazim: the particles of the jussive
6. Lam and lamma: negating the past
7. La of prohibition, lam of command and the conditional in
8. The effect of an-nawasib and al-jawazim on a verbal sentence