Questions & Answers about الحجز في الفندق هذا الأسبوع، وليس في الشهر القادم.
In Arabic, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense. So a sentence like الحجز في الفندق هذا الأسبوع can naturally mean The reservation is at/in the hotel this week even though there is no separate word for is.
This is called a nominal sentence:
- الحجز = the topic / subject
- the rest = information about it
So English needs is, but Arabic usually does not.
ليس is commonly used to negate nominal sentences or an implied present-tense is.
So:
- وليس في الشهر القادم means and it is not in the coming month
Here:
- و = and
- ليس = is not
Using لا here would be less natural, because لا is more commonly used with verbs or other types of negation. Since the sentence is built like a present-tense X is Y statement, ليس is the expected choice.
Because it is already understood from the first half.
Arabic often leaves out repeated words when the meaning is clear: