אתה רוצה קפה?

Do you want coffee?

Breakdown of אתה רוצה קפה?

• קפה: coffee
• לרצות: to want
• אתה: you

Questions & Answers about אתה רוצה קפה?

How do you pronounce אתה רוצה קפה?

A common pronunciation is:

a-TA ro-TZE ka-FE?

More precisely:

• אתה = ata
• רוצה = rotze / rotseh
• קפה = kafe

A few helpful notes:

• The stress is usually on the last syllable of each word: aTA roTZE kaFE
• צ in רוצה sounds like ts in cats
• א in אתה is usually not strongly pronounced in modern speech

Why is there no word for do, as in Do you want coffee?

Because Hebrew does not usually use a separate helping verb like do for yes/no questions.

So English:

• Do you want coffee?

Hebrew:

• אתה רוצה קפה?
• literally: You want coffee?

In everyday Hebrew, a statement can become a yes/no question just by:

• intonation in speech
• or a question mark in writing

Is this sentence addressed to a man?