אם את רוצה, תבואי אלינו בערב.

Because the sentence is addressed to one female.

• את = you (singular, feminine)
• רוצה = want (singular, feminine)
• תבואי = you will come / come (singular, feminine)

Hebrew marks gender much more often than English does, so when speaking to a woman, these forms must match.

If you were speaking to a man, it would be:

אם אתה רוצה, תבוא אלינו בערב.

אם means if.

So אם את רוצה literally means if you want.

This is a very common way to soften an invitation in Hebrew, similar to English if you want, if you'd like, or if you feel like it.

In Hebrew, the future tense is often used to express:

• a suggestion
• an invitation
• a polite instruction
• a softened command

So תבואי אלינו בערב literally looks like you will come to us in the evening, but in real usage it often means something like:

• come over in the evening
• you can come over tonight
• why don't you come by this evening

This is very natural Hebrew.

Both can be used to invite a woman to come, but the tone is a little different.

• בואי = the feminine imperative, more direct: come
• תבואי = future form used as an invitation or suggestion, often a bit softer

So:

• בואי אלינו בערב = Come over this evening
• אם את רוצה, תבואי אלינו בערב = If you want, come over this evening

In this sentence, תבואי fits well because the whole sentence is phrased gently.

אלינו means to us or, more naturally here, to our place / over to us.

It is made from:

• אל = to, toward
• -ינו = us / our

So אלינו literally means to us.

In invitations, Hebrew often says come to us, where English usually says come over to our place.

Because אל expresses movement toward a destination.

• אלינו = to us / to our place
• לנו usually means to us / for us, but not specifically movement toward us as a destination

With the verb לבוא (to come), אל is the natural choice when you mean someone is coming to where you are.

So תבואי אלינו is the normal phrasing.

בערב means in the evening or sometimes tonight, depending on context.

It is made from:

• ב־ = in / at
• ערב = evening

So literally it is in the evening.

In natural English, depending on context, this could be translated as:

• in the evening
• this evening
• tonight

Because in Hebrew, prepositions like ב־ (in) often combine with the definite article ה־ (the).

So:

• ב + הערב becomes בערב

This is a very common pattern in Hebrew.

Similar examples:

• בבית = in the house
• בשוק = in the market
• ביום = in the day / during the day

So בערב is effectively in the evening.

Yes, it could be left out.

Hebrew often allows subject pronouns to be omitted because the verb already shows person, number, and often gender.

So both of these are possible:

• אם את רוצה, תבואי אלינו בערב.
• אם רוצה, תבואי אלינו בערב.

However, the version with את sounds clearer and more natural in many everyday situations, especially for learners. Including the pronoun can add a slight sense of emphasis or simply make the sentence more explicit.

The comma separates the conditional phrase from the main clause:

• אם את רוצה = if you want
• תבואי אלינו בערב = come over in the evening

So the structure is:

If you want, come over in the evening.

The comma works much like it does in English.

It is casual and friendly, but also polite/soft in tone.

The phrase אם את רוצה makes the invitation feel non-pushy, like:

• If you want...
• If you'd like...

So it sounds warm and natural in everyday speech, especially between friends, relatives, or acquaintances.

It is not especially formal.

Here are the matching forms:

• to one man:
  אם אתה רוצה, תבוא אלינו בערב.

• to more than one person (mixed or masculine plural):
  אם אתם רוצים, תבואו אלינו בערב.

• to more than one woman:
  אם אתן רוצות, תבואו אלינו בערב.

Notice that Hebrew changes both pronouns and verb/adjective forms to match gender and number.

It is usually pronounced approximately ta-VO-i.

Breakdown:

• ת = t
• בוא = vo
• י at the end helps create the feminine singular future ending

So the whole word sounds like ta-VO-ee or ta-VO-i, depending on accent and speaking speed.

The stress is on the vo part.

Yes. In context, very often it would be understood as tonight or this evening.

Hebrew בערב literally means in the evening, but in everyday speech the natural English translation may be:

• this evening
• tonight

If the speaker is talking about the same day, tonight is often the most natural translation.