אני אחכה כאן עד שהמזכירה תחזור.

I will wait here until the secretary comes back.

Breakdown of אני אחכה כאן עד שהמזכירה תחזור.

• אני: I
• כאן: here
• לחכות: to wait
• ש: that

Questions & Answers about אני אחכה כאן עד שהמזכירה תחזור.

How do you pronounce אני אחכה כאן עד שהמזכירה תחזור?

A common transliteration is ani akhake kan ad sheha-mazkira tachsor / tachzor.

A more careful pronunciation guide:

• אני = a-NI
• אחכה = a-kha-KE
• כאן = kan
• עד = ad
• שהמזכירה = she-ha-maz-KI-ra
• תחזור = takh-ZOR / tach-ZOR

A few sounds English speakers often notice:

• ח is a throaty sound, like the ch in German Bach
• צ/ז? Here in תחזור, the ז is a regular z sound
• Stress is usually near the end in אחכה, המזכירה, and תחזור

What does אחכה mean, and what form is it?

אחכה is the first-person singular future form of לחכות = to wait.

So:

• אני אחכה = I will wait
• I’ll wait

Hebrew often uses this future form in exactly the same kind of situation where English says I’ll wait.