Word
ليس هناك مشكلة، فنحن نثق بأنفسنا.
Meaning
There is no problem, so we trust ourselves.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of ليس هناك مشكلة، فنحن نثق بأنفسنا.
هناكhunâka
there
نحنnahnu
we
ناnâ
our / us (object) / we (subject suffix on past verb)
مشكلةmushkila
problem
Questions & Answers about ليس هناك مشكلة، فنحن نثق بأنفسنا.
Why is the word for 'ourselves' أنفسنا and not just نفسنا?
The word نفس (self) has a plural form, أنفس (selves). In Modern Standard Arabic, when referring to a plural subject like 'we', the reflexive noun must also be plural before adding the attached pronoun نا (our). So it becomes أنفس + نا.
Why is there a بـ attached to the front of أنفسنا?
The verb نثق (we trust) is usually followed by the preposition بـ (in/with) to indicate who or what is being trusted. In Arabic, you literally say 'we trust in ourselves' (نثق بـ).
What is the purpose of the فـ attached to نحن?
The prefix فـ translates to 'so' or 'therefore' here. It acts as a bridge between the two clauses, showing that trusting ourselves is a logical result of the fact that 'there is no problem'.
Why does the sentence use ليس instead of لا to mean 'no'?
ليس is the standard way to negate nominal (verbless) sentences. Because 'there is a problem' (هناك مشكلة) does not have an action verb, we use ليس to say 'there is not a problem'.
The verb نثق (we trust) seems really short. Did it lose a letter?