Negative sentences

You can make nominal sentences negative by putting ma-ši before the word you want to negate (e.g. the attribute).

subject  negation  predicate  translation

l-bab ma-ši mešdud The door <is> not closed.

z-zit ma-ši keħla The oil <is> not black.

le-mdina ma-ši qdima The city <is> not old.