היא רוצה מים.

water

Breakdown of היא רוצה מים.

• לרצות: to want
• היא: she

Questions & Answers about היא רוצה מים.

How do you pronounce the whole sentence?

A common pronunciation is:

hi ro-tsa ma-yim

More precisely:

• היא = hi
• רוצה = rotsa here, because the subject is feminine
• מים = mayim

So the full sentence is hi rotsa mayim.

What does each word do in the sentence?

The sentence breaks down like this:

• היא = she
• רוצה = wants
• מים = water

So the structure is very straightforward: subject + verb + object, just like in English.

Why is רוצה feminine?

In Hebrew, verbs in the present tense change depending on the gender and number of the subject.

Since היא means she, the verb must match a feminine singular subject:

• היא רוצה = she wants

If the subject were masculine:

• הוא רוצה = he wants

A useful thing to know: without vowel marks, both masculine rotze and feminine rotsa are spelled רוצה. The subject tells you how to read it.