קניתי ארבעה כרטיסים.

I bought four tickets.

Breakdown of קניתי ארבעה כרטיסים.

• לקנות: to buy
• כרטיס: ticket
• ארבע: four

Questions & Answers about קניתי ארבעה כרטיסים.

How do you pronounce קניתי ארבעה כרטיסים?

A common pronunciation is kaníti arba'á kartisím.

A rough syllable breakdown:

• קניתי = ka-NI-ti
• ארבעה = ar-ba-A
• כרטיסים = kar-ti-SIM

Hebrew is usually written without vowel marks in everyday text, so learners often have to learn the vowels from familiarity and context.

What does קניתי mean by itself?

קניתי means I bought.

It comes from the verb לקנות / קנה, meaning to buy / he bought.
The ending -תי is the regular 1st person singular past ending, so the whole word already includes I.

So:

• קנה = he bought
• קניתי = I bought

Do I need to say אני here?

No. In Hebrew, subject pronouns are often omitted when the verb already makes the subject clear.

Since קניתי already means I bought, you do not need אני.

• קניתי ארבעה כרטיסים = neutral, natural
• אני קניתי ארבעה כרטיסים = I bought four tickets, with extra emphasis or contrast

Can both a man and a woman say קניתי?