Questions & Answers about היא רוצה לראות את הספר שם.
How do you pronounce this sentence?
A common pronunciation is:
hi rotsah lir'ot et ha-sefer sham
You can break it down like this:
- היא = hi = she
- רוצה = rotsah
- לראות = lir'ot = to see
- את = et
- הספר = ha-sefer = the book
- שם = sham = there / over there
A small note: the apostrophe in lir'ot helps show a slight break before the last part of the word because of the letter א.
Why is רוצה pronounced rotsah here?
Because the subject is היא = she.
In Hebrew, verbs change according to gender and number. Here, רוצה is the feminine singular form, so it is pronounced rotsah.
Compare:
- היא רוצה = hi rotsah = she wants
- הוא רוצה = hu rotseh = he wants
In normal unpointed Hebrew writing, both are spelled רוצה, so you figure out the pronunciation from the subject and context.
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