ليسوا

In a sentence

• ليسوا الطلاب حاضرين اليوم.

  The students are not present today.

  Here 'ليسوا' is used as a negation to indicate that the group (students) is not currently present, functioning as a negation for a plural group in the present tense.

• ليسوا هؤلاء الأشخاص من المدينة.

  These people are not from the city.

  In this sentence, 'ليسوا' negates the affiliation of a group of people with a place, emphasizing the negation of relationship or origin.

• ليسوا جميعهم يعرفون الإجابة.

  Not all of them know the answer.

  Here, 'ليسوا' is used to negate a state (knowing the answer) for a plural group, effectively providing context to the lack of knowledge among the group.