לפני שאנחנו הולכים הביתה, אני רוצה להזמין קפה.

לפני means before.

In this sentence, לפני שאנחנו הולכים הביתה means before we go home or before we’re going home.

The pattern is:

לפני + clause = before + clause

So:

• לפני = before
• שאנחנו הולכים הביתה = that we are going home / we go home

In natural English, you would not translate the ש literally, but in Hebrew it helps introduce the clause.

A very similar pattern appears in many Hebrew sentences:

• אחרי שאנחנו אוכלים = after we eat / after we’re done eating
• לפני שאני יוצא = before I leave

The ש is short for אשר and often works like that in English, introducing a subordinate clause.

So שאנחנו is basically:

• ש = that
• אנחנו = we

Together: that we...

In this sentence, לפני שאנחנו הולכים הביתה literally feels something like before that we go home, though that is not how you would translate it naturally into English.

In modern Hebrew, ש is extremely common and very useful. You will see it in many structures:

• אני יודע שהוא כאן = I know that he is here
• אמרתי שאני עייף = I said that I’m tired

After לפני, Hebrew often uses ש to connect the next clause.

Hebrew often uses the present tense for a planned or near-future action, especially when the context already makes the timing clear.

So לפני שאנחנו הולכים הביתה literally uses the present form going, but it can naturally mean:

• before we go home
• before we’re heading home

This is similar to English sentences like:

• We’re leaving tomorrow
• Before we go home, ...

Hebrew can also use the future here:

• לפני שנלך הביתה

That also means before we go home. In many situations, both are possible, with small differences in style or feel.

הולכים is the masculine plural present form of הלך (to go / walk).

It agrees with אנחנו (we), but in Hebrew the present tense also has to match gender:

• אנחנו הולכים = we go / we are going (mixed group or all male)
• אנחנו הולכות = we go / we are going (all female)

So the sentence as written assumes either:

• a group of males, or
• a mixed group, which normally takes the masculine plural form in Hebrew.

Good question. In Hebrew, subject pronouns are often dropped, but in the present tense, the verb form usually does not show person clearly.

For example, הולכים tells you:

• plural
• masculine but not specifically whether it means:
• we go
• you (plural) go
• they go

So אנחנו is useful because it makes the subject clear: we.

If you say לפני שהולכים הביתה, it can sound more general or impersonal, more like:

• before going home
• before people go home

So in your sentence, אנחנו helps clearly express before we go home.

הביתה means home in the sense of to home / homeward.

The final ־ה here is an old directional ending. It often gives the idea of movement toward a place.

So:

• בית = house / home
• הביתה = homeward / to home / home

This is a very common idiomatic form.

Why not לבית? Because לבית usually means to a house or to the house, not necessarily home in the personal, idiomatic sense.

Compare:

• אני הולך הביתה = I’m going home
• אני הולך לבית = I’m going to a house / to the house

So הביתה is the normal word to use for going home.

This is a very common Hebrew pattern:

רוצה + infinitive

It means want to + verb.

So:

• אני רוצה = I want
• להזמין = to order / to invite / to reserve

Together:

• אני רוצה להזמין = I want to order

Hebrew does not use a separate word exactly like English to before the second verb. Instead, the infinitive form itself usually begins with ל־.

Examples:

• אני רוצה לאכול = I want to eat
• היא רוצה ללכת = she wants to go
• אנחנו רוצים לשתות = we want to drink

Yes. להזמין has several related meanings, and context tells you which one is intended.

Common meanings include:

• to order (food or drink)
• to invite (a person)
• to reserve / book (a room, tickets, etc.)

In this sentence, because the object is קפה (coffee), the meaning is clearly:

• to order coffee

Examples:

• להזמין חבר = to invite a friend
• להזמין פיצה = to order pizza
• להזמין חדר = to reserve a room

So this is a good verb to learn as a flexible everyday verb.

Because את is used before a definite direct object, and קפה here is indefinite.

So:

• אני רוצה להזמין קפה = I want to order coffee / a coffee

But:

• אני רוצה להזמין את הקפה = I want to order the coffee

A quick rule:

• definite noun → usually needs את
• indefinite noun → no את

Since קפה has no ה־ (the) and is not otherwise definite, there is no את.

Without ה־, קפה is indefinite. In English, depending on context, that can be translated as:

• coffee
• a coffee
• sometimes some coffee

Hebrew often leaves this less specific than English does.

So אני רוצה להזמין קפה could mean:

• I want to order coffee
• I want to order a coffee

The exact English wording depends on context, but the Hebrew sentence itself is perfectly normal.

The sentence as written is very natural:

לפני שאנחנו הולכים הביתה, אני רוצה להזמין קפה.

But Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible. You could also say:

אני רוצה להזמין קפה לפני שאנחנו הולכים הביתה.

That means the same thing: I want to order coffee before we go home.

Putting the לפני... clause first gives a slightly different emphasis, but both versions are normal.

So the choice is often about style, focus, or what information you want to present first.