Breakdown of مستحيل نصلح الموتور اليوم.
اليوم
today
موتورmôtôr
the engine
صلحsallah
to repair; fix
مستحيلmostahîl
impossible
Questions & Answers about مستحيل نصلح الموتور اليوم.
Why does the sentence start with مستحيل?
مستحيل means impossible or no way. In Levantine Arabic, it can be used very naturally at the beginning of a sentence to comment on the whole situation:
مستحيل نصلح الموتور اليوم
= It’s impossible for us to fix the engine today.
So مستحيل is not describing just one word; it is setting the tone for the whole statement.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
In Arabic, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.
So where English says:
It is impossible...
Arabic simply says:
مستحيل...
This is completely normal. The idea of is is understood automatically.
What does نصلح mean exactly, and why does it start with نـ?
نصلح means we fix / we repair.
The prefix نـ often marks we in the present/imperfect verb in Levantine Arabic.
So:
- أصلح = I fix
- نصلح = we fix
- يصلح = he fixes
- تصلح = she fixes / you fix
In this sentence, نصلح means we fix or, in smoother English, we can fix / we will fix, depending on context.