Breakdown of ليس هناك مشكلة، فنحن نثق بأنفسنا.
هناكhunâka
there
نحنnahnu
we
ناnâ
our / us (object) / we (subject suffix on past verb)
مشكلةmushkila
problem
ليسlaysa
to not be
فfa
so, then / for (giving a reason)
نفسnafs
self (reflexive)
وثق بwathiqa bi
to trust in
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?
Yes! The past tense of this verb is وثق. Because it starts with a و (waw), it belongs to a group of weak verbs that often drop this first letter in the present tense. That is why 'we trust' becomes نثق instead of 'nawthiqu'.
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