لا انا ولا اختي منحب نرمي زبالة عالارض.

Neither I nor my sister likes to throw trash on the floor.

Breakdown of لا انا ولا اختي منحب نرمي زبالة عالارض.

• انا: I
• ي: my
• ال: the
• اخت: sister

Questions & Answers about لا انا ولا اختي منحب نرمي زبالة عالارض.

What does لا أنا ولا أختي mean?

It means neither I nor my sister.

In Levantine Arabic, لا ... ولا ... is the normal way to say neither ... nor .... So:

• لا أنا = not I / neither I
• ولا أختي = nor my sister

Together, they work as one expression.

Why is لا repeated?

Because Arabic usually builds neither ... nor ... by repeating لا:

• لا أنا ولا أختي

This is different from English, where you usually use one word, neither, plus nor. Arabic does not need a separate single word for neither here; the repeated لا does that job.

Why is the verb منحب in the we form?

Because the subject is I + my sister, so the speaker is talking about both of us together.

منحب means we like.

That is very natural in Levantine. Since I am part of the subject, the verb goes in the first person plural:

• منحب = we like

So the sentence is structurally like:

• Neither I nor my sister — we like ...

In smooth English, of course, you translate it as Neither I nor my sister likes... or more naturally Neither my sister nor I like...

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