Questions & Answers about אני לא רוצה לדבר איתו עכשיו, כי אני עייפה מאוד.
Why is אני repeated twice?
Hebrew often repeats the subject pronoun when a new clause begins, even if English might leave it out.
So in:
אני לא רוצה לדבר איתו עכשיו, כי אני עייפה מאוד.
you get:
- אני לא רוצה... = I do not want...
- כי אני עייפה מאוד = because I am very tired
In English, because I’m very tired sounds natural, and Hebrew does the same by saying כי אני.... You usually do not omit אני here.
Why is there no word for to before talk?
In Hebrew, after a verb like רוצה (want), the next verb usually appears in the infinitive form, which already includes the idea of to.
- רוצה לדבר = want to speak / want to talk
The infinitive here is לדבר, and the prefix ל־ is the normal marker of the infinitive in Hebrew.
So:
- לדבר = to speak / to talk
What does לא do in this sentence?