אף אחד בצוות לא רוצה לדחות את הפרויקט, אבל צריך לטפל קודם בבעיה הקטנה הזאת.

אף אחד means no one / nobody.

Literally, it is something like not even one:

• אף = even
• אחד = one

So אף אחד בצוות means no one on the team.

Yes, but Hebrew normally uses negative concord here. That means אף אחד is usually followed by a negative verb with לא.

So Hebrew says:

• אף אחד ... לא רוצה = No one ... wants

Even though in English that may feel like a double negative, in Hebrew it is the normal and correct structure.

Because אף אחד is grammatically singular. It means not one person, so the verb agrees in the singular:

• אף אחד לא רוצה = No one wants

Even though the idea refers to multiple possible people, the grammar treats it as singular.

Hebrew often uses the masculine singular as the default form when the person is unspecified or mixed.

Since אף אחד does not specify a female person, the verb appears as:

• רוצה = masculine singular wants

If the sentence were clearly about a woman, you might see feminine singular in a different structure, but with אף אחד, masculine singular is the standard form.

בצוות means in the team or on the team.

It is made of:

• ב־ = in / at / on
• צוות = team

So:

• אף אחד בצוות = no one on the team

English often says on the team, while Hebrew uses ב־, literally in the team.

לדחות means to postpone / delay / put off in this sentence.

So:

• לדחות את הפרויקט = to postpone the project

The root can also have the idea of rejecting in other contexts, so the verb can mean different things depending on what is being talked about. Here, with the project, the natural meaning is postpone.

את marks a definite direct object.

Since הפרויקט means the project and is definite because of ה־, Hebrew puts את before it:

• לדחות את הפרויקט = to postpone the project

You do not translate את into English. It is just a grammar marker.

Compare:

• לדחות פרויקט = to postpone a project
• לדחות את הפרויקט = to postpone the project

Hebrew often leaves out a subject when it is understood from context.

So אבל צריך לטפל... literally means something like:

• but it is necessary to deal with...
• or more naturally in English: but we need to deal with...

This kind of subjectless צריך is very common, especially in spoken and everyday Hebrew.

In context, the implied subject is probably we or the team.

So although the sentence only says:

• אבל צריך לטפל...

the natural meaning is:

• but we need to deal with... first

Hebrew often prefers this more impersonal style when the responsible group is obvious.

Because the verb לטפל requires the preposition ב־.

So Hebrew says:

• לטפל בבעיה = to deal with the problem / handle the problem

This is just how the verb works. It does not take a direct object with את here.

A useful pattern to remember:

• לטפל ב... = to take care of / deal with ...

קודם means first / קודם לכן / before that depending on context.

In this sentence:

• צריך לטפל קודם בבעיה... means
• we need to deal first with the problem...

It tells you the order: first handle the problem, then deal with the project issue later.

Hebrew usually puts descriptive words after the noun.

So:

• בעיה = problem
• קטנה = small
• הזאת = this

Together:

• הבעיה הקטנה הזאת = this small problem

The normal order is: noun + adjective + demonstrative

That is different from English, which says:

• this small problem

but Hebrew says, literally:

• the problem small this

Because בעיה is a feminine singular noun.

Words that describe it must match its gender and number:

• בעיה = feminine singular
• קטנה = feminine singular small
• הזאת = feminine singular this

So the whole phrase agrees correctly:

• הבעיה הקטנה הזאת

If the noun were masculine, the forms would change.

In Hebrew adjective phrases with this/that, the noun and adjective take ה־, while the demonstrative comes at the end without ה־:

• הבעיה הקטנה הזאת = this small problem

This is the standard pattern:

• ה + noun
• ה + adjective
• demonstrative

So even though English has only one this, Hebrew marks definiteness on the noun phrase itself and then adds זאת at the end.

Some parts can move, but the original order is very natural.

For example, קודם can sometimes shift position:

• אבל צריך קודם לטפל בבעיה...
• אבל צריך לטפל קודם בבעיה...

Both are possible, though they may sound slightly different in emphasis.

But inside הבעיה הקטנה הזאת, the usual order should stay the same. You normally would not rearrange that phrase to match English order.