Questions & Answers about חכי לי ליד הקופה; אני רוצה לדבר עם המוכר עוד דקה.
A simple transliteration is:
Chaki li leyad ha-kupa; ani rotze/rotza ledaber im ha-mocher od daka.
A few pronunciation notes:
- ח is the throaty sound like ch in German Bach or Scottish loch
- חכי = cha-KI
- ליד = le-YAD
- הקופה = ha-ku-PA
- לדבר = le-da-BER
- המוכר = ha-mo-CHER
- דקה = da-KA
Also, אני רוצה can be pronounced two ways:
- ani rotze if the speaker is male
- ani rotza if the speaker is female
The spelling is the same without vowel marks.
חכי is the command form wait! said to one female.
The verb is לחכות = to wait.
Imperative forms:
- חכה = wait! to one male
- חכי = wait! to one female
- חכו = wait! to more than one person
So this sentence is addressed to a girl or woman.