Questions & Answers about מה את רוצה לעשות אחרי העבודה?
את is the you form used when speaking to one female.
So:
- את = you (singular, feminine)
- אתה = you (singular, masculine)
This sentence is being said to a woman or girl. If you were speaking to a man, you would say:
- מה אתה רוצה לעשות אחרי העבודה?
This is one of the first things English speakers notice in Hebrew: Hebrew often marks gender in everyday sentences, even in words like you and want.
רוצה is the present-tense form of to want that agrees with את.
In Hebrew, the verb usually matches the subject in gender and number.
For to want in the present tense:
- אני רוצה = I want (said by a man)
- אני רוצה = I want (said by a woman)
- In writing, this form looks the same for masculine singular and feminine singular in many verbs like this one, but context tells you which is meant.
- אתה רוצה = you want (masculine singular)
- את רוצה = you want (feminine singular)
So את רוצה is the correct match for you addressed to one female.