Questions & Answers about אני לא אוהב את הריח של התרופה, אבל הטעם שלה טוב יותר.
Literally, אוהב comes from the verb לאהוב, which is the usual verb for to love. But in everyday Hebrew, אוהב / לא אוהב is also very commonly used where English would say like / don't like, especially for food, smells, activities, and preferences.
So in this sentence, אני לא אוהב את הריח... is naturally understood as I don’t like the smell..., not necessarily the stronger I don’t love the smell.
Because אוהב is the masculine singular present-tense form.
- A male speaker says אני לא אוהב
- A female speaker says אני לא אוהבת
Hebrew present-tense verbs agree with the subject’s gender and number.
So the sentence as written suggests that the speaker is male.
If the speaker were female, it would be:
אני לא אוהבת את הריח של התרופה, אבל הטעם שלה טוב יותר.