בשנה הבאה אני רוצה להיות בקבוצה אחרת, אבל החודש אני נשארת עם הקבוצה הזאת.

Because of נשארת. This is the feminine singular present-tense form of להישאר (to stay / remain).

• אני נשארת = I am staying / I stay said by a woman
• A man would usually say אני נשאר

So even though the English translation just says I, the Hebrew tells you the speaker is female.

Yes. In the singular present tense, רוצה is used for both masculine and feminine.

• אני רוצה can be said by a man or a woman
• The gender difference shows up more clearly in other forms, such as:
  • רוצים = masculine plural
  • רוצות = feminine plural

So in this sentence, רוצה does not reveal the speaker’s gender, but נשארת does.

Hebrew often includes subject pronouns in the present tense because the verb form usually does not clearly show person.

For example, רוצה can mean:

• I want
• you want
• he wants
• she wants

depending on context.

The same is true for נשארת: without אני, it could mean I stay, you stay (to a woman), or she stays.

So אני is very useful here for clarity. Repeating it after אבל also sounds natural because the sentence is contrasting two situations: next year versus this month.

After רוצה (want), Hebrew normally uses an infinitive, just like English uses to + verb.

So:

• רוצה להיות = want to be
• רוצה ללכת = want to go
• רוצה ללמוד = want to study

The infinitive form here is להיות (to be).

Literally, בשנה הבאה means in the coming year. That is the normal Hebrew way to say next year.

Breakdown:

• ב־ = in
• שנה = year
• הבאה = coming / next (feminine singular)

So Hebrew expresses next year as in the coming year.

This happens because Hebrew often absorbs the definite article ה after certain prefixes, especially ב־, ל־, and כ־.

So:

• ב + השנה becomes בשנה
• ל + הבית becomes לבית
• כ + המלך becomes כמלך

In unpointed Hebrew writing, you usually just see the combined form. So בשנה הבאה is understood as in the next year, not in a year next.

Because החודש here functions as a time expression meaning this month or the current month.

Hebrew often uses definite time words by themselves:

• היום = today
• הלילה = tonight
• השבוע = this week
• החודש = this month
• השנה = this year

So אבל החודש is a very natural way to say but this month.

Yes. החודש הזה also means this month.

The difference is roughly:

• החודש = neutral, very natural, often enough by itself
• החודש הזה = more explicit, sometimes a bit more emphatic

So the sentence could say אבל החודש הזה אני נשארת..., but אבל החודש אני נשארת... is perfectly natural and a little smoother.

Because להיות ב־ means to be in something.

So:

• להיות בקבוצה = to be in a group
• להיות בבית = to be at home / in the house
• להיות בכיתה = to be in the classroom

That is why אני רוצה להיות בקבוצה אחרת means I want to be in another group.

Here נשארת עם... means stay with... That focuses on remaining together with that group.

So:

• להיות בקבוצה אחרת = to be in another group
• נשארת עם הקבוצה הזאת = I’m staying with this group

Hebrew can sometimes use either ב־ or עם in related contexts, but they are not exactly the same:

• ב־ focuses on membership or being inside the group
• עם focuses on being together with the group

In this sentence, עם sounds very natural because the idea is for now, I’m still staying with them.

Because they agree with the nouns they describe.

• קבוצה (group) is feminine
• שנה (year) is feminine

So the words modifying them must also be feminine:

• קבוצה אחרת = another group
• השנה הבאה / בשנה הבאה = the coming year / next year
• הקבוצה הזאת = this group

If the noun were masculine, you would usually see different forms, such as אחר, הבא, הזה.

Because in Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun, not before it.

So:

• קבוצה אחרת = literally group other
• הקבוצה הזאת = literally the group this

This is normal Hebrew word order. English puts these words before the noun, but Hebrew usually puts them after.

Because קבוצה אחרת means another group, which is indefinite. It is not a specific group yet.

• בקבוצה אחרת = in another group

But הקבוצה הזאת means this group, which is definite and specific.

• הקבוצה הזאת = this group

In Hebrew, definite nouns usually take ה־, and words describing them also become definite:

• קבוצה אחרת = indefinite
• הקבוצה הזאת = definite

No. You can also say הקבוצה הזו.

Both are common:

• הקבוצה הזאת
• הקבוצה הזו

They both mean this group. In many everyday situations, they are interchangeable. A learner should recognize both.