Questions & Answers about אני רוצה שתבדקי אם יש הנחה גם באתר.
Why is the verb תבדקי in the future form if the sentence is talking about a request in the present?
In Hebrew, after verbs like רוצה (want), it is very common to use ש־ + a future-tense verb to express something like that someone should / will do.
So:
- אני רוצה = I want
- שתבדקי = that you check
Even though תבדקי is formally a future-tense form, here it functions a bit like English you check or you should check, not a simple future like you will check.
This is a very common pattern in Hebrew:
- אני רוצה שתבוא = I want you to come
- אני רוצה שתעזרי לי = I want you to help me
Why is it שתבדקי and not שתבדוק?
Because שתבדקי is addressed to one female.
Hebrew verbs change depending on the gender and number of the person being spoken to.
For the verb לבדוק (to check):
- תבדוק = you will check / you should check — masculine singular
- תבדקי = you will check / you should check — feminine singular
- תבדקו = you plural will check — plural
So this sentence is being said to a woman.