في مشكلة صغيرة بالايميل اليوم.

In this sentence, في means there is / there’s, not in.

So:

• في مشكلة = there’s a problem

This is very common in Levantine Arabic. The same word في can mean:

• in as a preposition
• there is / there are as an existential marker

You tell the difference from context.

In في مشكلة صغيرة بالايميل اليوم, the sentence starts with في مشكلة..., so it means there’s a small problem...

Because in Arabic, especially in the present tense, you often do not use a separate verb for is / are.

English:

• There is a small problem

Levantine:

• في مشكلة صغيرة

Here, في already gives the idea of there is, so no extra verb is needed.

This is very normal in spoken Arabic.

Because مشكلة is a feminine noun, so the adjective must also be feminine.

• مشكلة = problem
• صغيرة = small (feminine)

In Arabic, adjectives agree with the noun in gender and usually also in definiteness.

So:

• مشكلة صغيرة = a small problem
• المشكلة الصغيرة = the small problem

If the noun were masculine, you would use صغير instead.

Because in Arabic, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• مشكلة صغيرة literally = problem small
• natural English = small problem

This is one of the most basic word-order differences between English and Arabic.

More examples:

• بيت كبير = big house
• بنت لطيفة = nice girl

بالايميل means in the email, with the email, or sometimes more naturally in English, with the email system / email message, depending on context.

It is made of:

• بـ = in / with / by
• الايميل = the email

So:

• بالايميل = in the email / with the email

In real-life translation, English may prefer:

• There’s a small problem with the email today rather than
• There’s a small problem in the email today

The best English version depends on context, but the Arabic structure itself is very normal.

Because Arabic often attaches short prepositions directly to the following word.

Here:

• بـ = with / in / by
• الايميل = the email

Together:

• بـ + الايميل → بالايميل

This is very common with prepositions like:

• بـ = with/in
• لـ = to/for
• كـ = like/as

So you’ll often see them written attached to the noun.

Yes—it’s a very common loanword in spoken Arabic.

ايميل comes from English email, and speakers often use it naturally in conversation. Adding الـ makes it definite:

• ايميل = an email / email
• الايميل = the email

In everyday Levantine, loanwords like this are extremely common, especially for technology.

Depending on the speaker, you might also hear other tech-related borrowed words pronounced in locally adapted ways.

اليوم means today.

Putting it at the end is completely natural in Levantine Arabic:

• في مشكلة صغيرة بالايميل اليوم = There’s a small problem with the email today

Arabic is often flexible with word order, but ending with a time expression like اليوم is very common.

You could also hear similar patterns like:

• عندي شغل اليوم = I have work today
• بدنا نروح اليوم = We want to go today

Yes, to some extent.

في مشكلة صغيرة بالايميل اليوم is natural, but spoken Arabic allows some flexibility depending on emphasis.

For example, a speaker might move اليوم earlier for emphasis:

• اليوم في مشكلة صغيرة بالايميل

Both are understandable. The version you were given is a normal neutral order.

In general:

• the basic meaning stays the same
• changing the order can slightly shift what feels emphasized

A common approximate pronunciation would be:

fii mishkle zghiire bil-email il-yom

A few notes:

• في is usually pronounced fii
• مشكلة is often mishkle or mushkile, depending on region/speaker
• صغيرة in Levantine is often zghiire rather than a more formal pronunciation
• بالايميل = bil-email
• اليوم can sound like il-yom in connected speech

Pronunciation varies across Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian, and Jordanian varieties, but this gives a good Levantine feel.

Because in many Levantine dialects, the letter ص in this word is often realized in a way that makes صغير / صغيرة sound like:

• zghiir
• zghiire

rather than a careful formal pronunciation like saghiir / saghiira.

This is just part of how the word is commonly pronounced in dialect. Learners often notice this because the spoken form can look quite different from what they expect from Standard Arabic.

So:

• written: صغيرة
• common Levantine pronunciation: zghiire

It sounds spoken/colloquial, especially because of the overall style and the use of everyday wording like الايميل.

The biggest Levantine-style feature is في used as there is in a very conversational way:

• في مشكلة = there’s a problem

In Standard Arabic, you might more often expect something like:

• هناك مشكلة صغيرة...
• يوجد مشكلة صغيرة... (though usage varies)

So this sentence feels much more like everyday speech than formal written Arabic.

Yes, and that’s a useful comparison.

• في مشكلة = There’s a problem
• عنا مشكلة = We have a problem

In many situations, both could work, but they are not exactly the same.

في مشكلة presents the problem more generally:

• There’s a problem

عنا مشكلة makes it sound more like the speaker’s side is affected:

• We have a problem

So في مشكلة صغيرة بالايميل اليوم is a bit more neutral and descriptive.

Because the sentence means a small problem, not the small problem.

Compare:

• مشكلة صغيرة = a small problem
• المشكلة الصغيرة = the small problem

Since مشكلة is indefinite, the adjective صغيرة is also indefinite.

This matching between noun and adjective is important in Arabic:

• indefinite noun + indefinite adjective
• definite noun + definite adjective

So the sentence is talking about some small problem, not a specific already-known one.