אני לא מבינה מה הסיבה לבעיה הזאת, אבל ננסה להבין אותה.

מבינה is the feminine singular form of understand in the present tense.

• אני מבין = I understand (said by a male speaker)
• אני מבינה = I understand (said by a female speaker)

So this sentence is being said by a female speaker.

In Hebrew, לא is the normal word for not, and it usually comes before the verb or participle it negates.

So:

• אני מבינה = I understand
• אני לא מבינה = I do not understand

This is the standard word order.

Literally, מה הסיבה means what is the reason.

So the structure is:

• מה = what
• הסיבה = the reason

Together, מה הסיבה לבעיה הזאת is literally something like:

what is the reason for this problem

This is a very natural way in Hebrew to express something that English might also say as why this problem exists or what the cause of this problem is.

Hebrew often uses ל־ to mean for in phrases like the reason for...

So:

• הסיבה לבעיה = the reason for the problem

Here:

• ל־ = for / to
• בעיה = problem

This is a common Hebrew structure:

• הפתרון לבעיה = the solution to the problem
• התגובה לשאלה = the response to the question
• הסיבה לעיכוב = the reason for the delay

So לבעיה is exactly what you would expect after הסיבה.

Because when the preposition ל־ combines with ה־ (the), Hebrew usually contracts them.

So:

• ל + הבעיה becomes לבעיה

This means to the problem or for the problem, depending on context.

The same thing happens with other prepositions:

• ב + הבית → בבית = in the house
• כ + הילד → כילד = as the child / like the child (depending on context)

So לבעיה הזאת means for this problem.

In Hebrew, demonstratives like this usually come after the noun.

So:

• הבעיה הזאת = this problem
• literally: the problem this

This is normal Hebrew word order.

Also notice agreement:

• בעיה is feminine singular
• so the demonstrative is הזאת, also feminine singular

Compare:

• הספר הזה = this book (masculine singular)
• הילדה הזאת = this girl (feminine singular)

Yes. In modern Hebrew, you may also hear:

• הבעיה הזו

Both הזאת and הזו mean this for a feminine singular noun.
הזאת is very common and fully standard; הזו is also common in everyday speech.

So:

• הבעיה הזאת
• הבעיה הזו

Both mean this problem.

ננסה is the future tense, first person plural:

• ננסה = we will try

So:

• אבל = but
• אבל ננסה = but we will try

In context, English may translate this more naturally as:

• but we’ll try
• but let’s try

depending on tone.

Hebrew allows this just like English does. The speaker first says:

• אני לא מבינה = I don’t understand

Then shifts to:

• אבל ננסה = but we’ll try

This suggests that the speaker personally does not understand yet, but includes other people in the effort to figure it out.

So the shift is meaningful:

• I do not understand
• we will try to understand

After a verb like try, Hebrew normally uses the infinitive.

So:

• לנסות להבין = to try to understand

In the sentence:

• ננסה להבין = we will try to understand

Here:

• ננסה = we will try
• להבין = to understand

This is very similar to English.

אותה means her or it as a direct object, feminine singular.

In this sentence, it means it, referring to a feminine noun.

Possible feminine nouns earlier in the sentence are:

• הסיבה = the reason
• הבעיה = the problem

So אותה could refer to either one depending on context. Grammatically, both are possible because both nouns are feminine singular.

Hebrew object pronouns are marked for gender and number, unlike English it, which is neutral.

So Hebrew must choose a form that matches the noun:

• אותו = him / it for masculine singular
• אותה = her / it for feminine singular
• אותם / אותן = them

Since the thing being referred to is feminine singular, Hebrew uses אותה.

Because אותה already functions as the direct object pronoun by itself.

With a full definite noun, Hebrew often uses את:

• אני מבינה את הבעיה = I understand the problem

But with object pronouns, you use forms like:

• אותו
• אותה
• אותם
• אותן

So you say:

• אני מבינה אותה = I understand it

not אני מבינה את אותה in this meaning.

Both are possible in Hebrew, but they are slightly different in structure.

• למה הבעיה הזאת קיימת? = Why does this problem exist?
• מה הסיבה לבעיה הזאת? = What is the reason for this problem?

The sentence you gave uses the more explicit what is the reason structure. It sounds a bit more analytical or formal than simply asking why.

So the sentence is not just asking why? in the shortest way; it is framing the issue as what is the cause/reason?

In traditional grammar, forms like מבינה are often described as participles, but in modern Hebrew they function as the normal present tense form.

So for learners, it is perfectly fine to think of:

• מבין / מבינה / מבינים / מבינות

as the present tense of להבין.

That is why:

• אני מבינה = I understand
• היא מבינה = she understands

The same form can match different subjects depending on context.

Usually yes, but the exact English translation depends on context.

• If אותה refers to הבעיה = the problem, then להבין אותה = understand it / understand the problem
• If it refers to הסיבה = the reason, then it means understand it / understand the reason

So the Hebrew is grammatically clear about gender, but not always about which feminine noun is intended if more than one is available.

Both come from the root ב־י־ן (often discussed as בין), which is connected with understanding.

The verb is:

• להבין = to understand

Related forms include:

• מבין / מבינה = understands / understanding
• הבין = he understood
• יבין = he will understand
• הבנה = understanding

Recognizing the shared root can help you see that מבינה and להבין are forms of the same verb.

Yes, it is natural and grammatical.

It sounds like something a speaker might say when they do not yet know the cause of a problem but want to figure it out:

• אני לא מבינה מה הסיבה לבעיה הזאת, אבל ננסה להבין אותה.

Depending on context, native speakers might also phrase it in slightly different ways, but this sentence is completely normal Hebrew.