אני לא אוהב אוכל חריף.

A common pronunciation is:

ani lo ohev okhel kharif

A rough guide for English speakers:

• אני = ah-NEE
• לא = loh
• אוהב = oh-HEV
• אוכל = OH-khel or OH-khel with a throaty kh sound in the middle/end depending on accent
• חריף = kha-REEF with that same throaty kh

The sound written here as kh is like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach, not like English chair.

Because אוהב is the masculine singular form.

In Hebrew present tense, the verb form agrees with the speaker’s gender:

• אני לא אוהב... = I don’t like... (said by a male speaker)
• אני לא אוהבת... = I don’t like... (said by a female speaker)

So a female speaker would say:

אני לא אוהבת אוכל חריף.

לא means not.

In this sentence, it goes before the verb:

• אני אוהב = I like
• אני לא אוהב = I do not / don’t like

This is the normal Hebrew way to negate a sentence like this.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• אוכל חריף = spicy food
• literally: food spicy

This is very normal Hebrew word order.

Compare:

• בית גדול = a big house
• ספר מעניין = an interesting book

So אוכל חריף follows the regular Hebrew pattern: noun + adjective.

Because the sentence is talking about spicy food in general, not a specific spicy food.

• אוכל חריף = spicy food / hot food in general
• האוכל החריף = the spicy food

If you said:

אני לא אוהב את האוכל החריף

that would mean something more like:

I don’t like the spicy food / I don’t like that spicy food

So the sentence without ה־ is more general.

In Hebrew, את is used before a definite direct object—usually something with the.

So:

• אני אוהב אוכל חריף = I like spicy food
  
  • no את, because אוכל חריף is indefinite/general
• אני אוהב את האוכל החריף = I like the spicy food
  
  • את appears because האוכל החריף is definite

So in your sentence, את is not needed.

Here, אוכל is a noun meaning food.

That can be confusing, because אוכל can also be a verb form:

• אני אוכל = I eat (verb)
• אוכל חריף = spicy food (noun + adjective)

In your sentence, it is clearly a noun because it comes after אוהב and is described by the adjective חריף.

So the structure is:

• אני = I
• לא אוהב = do not like
• אוכל חריף = spicy food

Not always.

With food, חריף usually means:

• spicy
• hot (in the chili-pepper sense, not temperature)

But in other contexts, חריף can also mean things like:

• sharp
• strong
• harsh
• pungent

In אוכל חריף, though, the meaning is definitely spicy food.

Sometimes Hebrew can omit subject pronouns, but in the present tense it often keeps them because the verb form does not clearly show person.

For example, אוהב by itself only tells you:

• masculine
• singular

It does not by itself tell you whether the subject is:

• I
• you
• he

So אני helps make the meaning clear:

• אני אוהב = I like
• הוא אוהב = he likes
• אתה אוהב = you like (to a male)

That is why אני is very natural here.

Hebrew אוהב is often broader than English love.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• love
• like
• be fond of

With food, hobbies, and general preferences, English usually translates it as like:

• אני אוהב קפה = I like coffee
• אני אוהב מוזיקה = I like music

So in your sentence, even though the Hebrew verb is אוהב, the natural English meaning is I don’t like spicy food.

Yes. In Hebrew, adjectives agree with the nouns they describe.

Here:

• אוכל is treated as masculine singular
• so the adjective is חריף (masculine singular)

If the noun changed, the adjective would also change. For example:

• ארוחה חריפה = a spicy meal
  (ארוחה is feminine singular, so חריפה is feminine singular)

This agreement is a basic rule in Hebrew adjective use.