Questions & Answers about אני רוצה ללכת אחרי זה.
A common pronunciation is:
- ani rotze lalékhet akharei ze if the speaker is male
- ani rotza lalékhet akharei ze if the speaker is female
A rough breakdown:
- אני = ani
- רוצה = rotze / rotza
- ללכת = lalekhet
- אחרי = akharei
- זה = ze
Notice that רוצה is written the same way for masculine and feminine in normal Hebrew spelling, but it is pronounced differently.
Because רוצה agrees with the speaker’s gender in the present tense:
- אני רוצה = I want said by a male speaker
- אני רוצה = I want said by a female speaker
In unpointed Hebrew, both are spelled exactly the same: רוצה. You usually know which one it is from context, from who is speaking, or from vowel marks if they are written.
It can mean either to go or to walk, depending on context.
In this sentence, English speakers will often understand it as to go:
- I want to go after that / after this / later.
But in another context it could sound more like to walk:
- I want to walk after that.
Hebrew often uses ללכת in places where English prefers go.
The ל־ here is part of the infinitive form, like English to in to go.
So:
- רוצה = want
- ללכת = to go / to walk
Together:
- רוצה ללכת = want to go
This is very common in Hebrew: after a verb like want, the next verb is often in the infinitive with ל־.
אחרי זה usually means:
- after this
- after that
- afterwards
- later
The exact translation depends on context. In everyday Hebrew, it often works like after that or later.
So the sentence could mean things like:
- I want to go after this.
- I want to go after that.
- I want to go later.
It can be either, depending on context.
In spoken Hebrew, זה is very flexible and can mean:
- this
- that
- sometimes even it
So אחרי זה does not always map neatly to just one English phrase. You choose this or that based on the situation.
Because אחרי is a preposition, and prepositions in Hebrew take their object directly.
- אחרי זה = after that/this
The word את is used to mark a definite direct object of a verb, not the object of a preposition.
So:
- אני רואה את זה = I see that/it
- אני הולך אחרי זה = I go after that / later
No את is needed after אחרי.
Yes. אחרי can mean either:
- after in time
- behind in space
Examples:
- אחרי הארוחה = after the meal
- הוא עומד אחרי הבית = he is standing behind the house
In אחרי זה, the meaning is usually temporal: after this/that.
The sentence אני רוצה ללכת אחרי זה is a normal, natural word order.
But Hebrew does allow some flexibility for emphasis. For example:
- אחרי זה אני רוצה ללכת = After that, I want to go
- אני רוצה אחרי זה ללכת = possible, but less neutral and more marked
The original version is probably the safest and most natural for a learner.
You can sometimes leave it out, especially in conversation, if the subject is already clear.
So both can occur:
- אני רוצה ללכת אחרי זה
- רוצה ללכת אחרי זה
However, including אני is very common and often clearer for learners.
One important point: in the present tense, Hebrew verbs do not always clearly show the person as strongly as in some other tenses, so pronouns are often used.
It is natural, especially in speech, but another very common phrase is אחר כך.
Compare:
- אני רוצה ללכת אחרי זה
- אני רוצה ללכת אחר כך
Both can mean I want to go later / afterward.
A small difference:
- אחרי זה often points more directly to something just mentioned: after this/that
- אחר כך is a very common general word for afterward / later
Yes, the wanting is present, but the action ללכת is something the speaker wants to do later.
So literally it is:
- I want now
- to go later / after that
This is very normal in Hebrew and in English too. The main verb רוצה is in the present tense, while the infinitive ללכת expresses the desired action.
Yes, in a few ways:
- רוצה could be masculine or feminine in writing.
- ללכת could mean go or walk.
- זה could mean this or that.
- אחרי זה could mean after this/that or more loosely later.
Usually context makes the intended meaning clear, so native speakers would not find this strange.