אני רוצה לקבל את מספר הטלפון שלה.

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Breakdown of אני רוצה לקבל את מספר הטלפון שלה.

• לרצות: to want
• את: direct object marker
• טלפון: phone

Questions & Answers about אני רוצה לקבל את מספר הטלפון שלה.

How is this sentence pronounced?

A common pronunciation is:

• ani rotse lekabel et mispar ha-telefon shela if the speaker is male
• ani rotsa lekabel et mispar ha-telefon shela if the speaker is female

A rough stress guide:

• a-NI
• ro-TSE / ro-TSA
• le-ka-BEL
• et
• mis-PAR
• ha-te-le-FON
• she-LA

One important thing: in normal unpointed Hebrew writing, רוצה is spelled the same for masculine and feminine singular, so you usually know the gender from context or from hearing it spoken.

What is each word doing in the sentence?

Here is the grammatical breakdown:

• אני — the subject, I
• רוצה — want / wants in present tense, agreeing with the speaker’s gender
• לקבל — infinitive, to get / to receive
• את — marker of a definite direct object
• מספר — number
• הטלפון — the phone
• שלה — her / of her

So the structure is roughly:

I + want + to get + [definite object marker] + number of the phone + her

In smoother English, that becomes I want to get her phone number.

Why is אני included? Doesn’t רוצה already mean I want?