لا الفني فعل الاشتراك ولا الدعم الفني اختبر الكابل.

neither...nor

Breakdown of لا الفني فعل الاشتراك ولا الدعم الفني اختبر الكابل.

• الفني: the technician
• الكابل: the cable

Questions & Answers about لا الفني فعل الاشتراك ولا الدعم الفني اختبر الكابل.

Why is لا used twice here?

Because Arabic often expresses neither ... nor ... with لا ... ولا ....

So the pattern is:

• لا + first clause/item
• ولا + second clause/item

In this sentence, the two halves are being linked as a negative pair, just like English neither X nor Y.

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I thought لا usually does not negate the past tense. Why is it being used with past verbs here?

That is a very good question.

In a simple sentence, past-tense negation is usually done differently:

• in more standard Arabic: ما
• in Egyptian colloquial: usually ما...ش

But لا ... ولا ... is a special pairing meaning neither ... nor ..., and it can introduce whole clauses, even if the verbs are past.

So this use does not feel like the ordinary لا of simple verb negation. It is part of a fixed correlative structure.

In very everyday Egyptian, though, many speakers would still prefer a more colloquial version such as:

• الفني ما فعّلش الاشتراك، والدعم الفني ما اختبرش الكابل

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Is this sentence natural Egyptian Arabic?

It is understandable, but it sounds somewhat formal or mixed, not fully everyday conversational Egyptian.

Why?

• اختبر is a bit formal/technical.