Questions & Answers about אני רוצה להביא להם עוגה למסיבה.
Why is רוצה used here, and does it tell me whether the speaker is male or female?
Yes. רוצה agrees with the speaker’s gender in the present tense:
- אני רוצה = I want said by a male speaker, pronounced ani rotze
- אני רוצה = I want said by a female speaker, pronounced ani rotza
In normal unpointed Hebrew, both are spelled the same: רוצה.
So the spelling does not show the difference, but the pronunciation does.
Why is אני included? Can Hebrew drop the subject like Spanish sometimes does?
Sometimes Hebrew can omit subject pronouns, but here אני is very natural and often helpful.
A key reason is that רוצה in the present tense does not show person clearly by itself. It tells you gender and number, but not necessarily I / you / he / she in isolation. So:
- אני רוצה = I want
- הוא רוצה = he wants
- היא רוצה = she wants
Because of that, keeping אני makes the sentence clear.
Why is להביא in this form?