אתם רוצים לראות אם יש מטרייה באוטו?

Do you (plural) want to see whether there is an umbrella in the car?

Breakdown of אתם רוצים לראות אם יש מטרייה באוטו?

• יש: there is
• לרצות: to want
• ב: in
• אוטו: car

Questions & Answers about אתם רוצים לראות אם יש מטרייה באוטו?

Why does the sentence start with אתם? Isn’t רוצים already enough to mean you want?

In Hebrew present tense, the verb form רוצים tells you plural masculine (or a mixed-gender group), but it does not by itself clearly mark person the way English does.

So רוצים could mean:

• you (plural, masc.) want
• they (masc.) want

Because of that, Hebrew often uses the pronoun אתם to make it clear that the speaker means you.

So:

• אתם רוצים = you (plural) want
• הם רוצים = they want

In casual speech, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted if the meaning is obvious from context, but including אתם is very normal.

Why is it אתם רוצים and not אתם רוצה?

Because Hebrew verbs agree with the subject in gender and number.

Here, אתם means you when speaking to:

• more than one male, or
• a mixed group

So the verb must also be masculine plural:

• אתם רוצים = you (masc. plural / mixed group) want

Compare:

• אתה רוצה = you (one male) want
• את רוצה = you (one female) want
• אתן רוצות = you (female plural) want