אני רוצה לבדוק את הכתובת לפני כן.

Yes, Hebrew sometimes leaves out subject pronouns, but in the present tense it usually keeps them because the verb form often does not clearly show the person.

In this sentence, רוצה means wanting / want, but by itself it does not tell you whether the subject is I, you, she, etc. So אני is helpful and usually necessary to make it clear that the subject is I.

So:

• אני רוצה = I want
• without אני, the sentence could sound incomplete or unclear in many contexts

This is a very common question because the written form is a little tricky.

In unpointed Hebrew, רוצה can represent:

• רוֹצֶה = masculine singular
• רוֹצָה = feminine singular

So both a male speaker and a female speaker may write:

• אני רוצה

But the pronunciation is different:

• male: ani rotze
• female: ani rotza

Usually, you know the gender from:

• the speaker
• the context
• or pronunciation if spoken aloud

לבדוק is the infinitive form of the verb בדק, meaning to check / to examine.

The prefix ל־ often marks the infinitive in Hebrew, similar to to in English:

• לבדוק = to check
• לראות = to see
• לעשות = to do

So:

• אני רוצה לבדוק = I want to check

This structure is very common in Hebrew:

• רוצה + infinitive
• literally: want + to-check

את is the direct object marker. It appears before a definite direct object.

In this sentence:

• הכתובת = the address
• because it is definite (the address), Hebrew uses את
• so: לבדוק את הכתובת = to check the address

Important point: את usually does not get translated into English. It is a grammatical marker, not a separate meaning word.

Compare:

• אני בודק כתובת = I’m checking an address
• אני בודק את הכתובת = I’m checking the address

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• כתובת = address
• הכתובת = the address

Since the noun is definite, it also requires את as the direct object marker in this sentence:

• את הכתובת

כתובת usually means address, but it can refer to different kinds of addresses depending on context, such as:

• a street/home address
• a mailing address
• an email address
• a web address / URL

In this sentence, the intended meaning comes from context. If no extra context is given, many learners would first think of a street or mailing address, but Hebrew allows broader use just like English address does.

לפני כן means before that or beforehand, depending on context.

Literally:

• לפני = before
• כן = so / that / then in different contexts

Together, לפני כן functions as a set phrase meaning:

• before that
• before then
• beforehand

In this sentence, it means something like before that happens or before then, depending on the larger context.

You often can. Both can express the idea of beforehand / earlier.

For example:

• אני רוצה לבדוק את הכתובת לפני כן
• אני רוצה לבדוק את הכתובת קודם

Both are natural in many situations.

A small difference:

• לפני כן often points more clearly to a previous time or event
• קודם can sound a bit more like first / earlier / beforehand

So לפני כן is a good choice when the speaker is referring back to something already mentioned.

This is the normal and straightforward order in Hebrew:

• אני = subject
• רוצה = want
• לבדוק = to check
• את הכתובת = the address

So the structure is:

subject + want + infinitive + object

This is very natural Hebrew.

Other word orders are possible for emphasis, but this version is the most neutral and standard for learners to use.

Yes, רוצה is grammatically present tense.

But just like in English, a present-tense verb such as want can refer to a future action when followed by an infinitive:

• I want to check...

The wanting is happening now, even if the checking will happen later.

So:

• אני רוצה = I want / I am wanting
• לבדוק = to check

Together they express a present desire about a later action.

A common pronunciation would be:

ani rotze livdok et ha-ketovet lifnei khen
if spoken by a man

or

ani rotza livdok et ha-ketovet lifnei khen
if spoken by a woman

A few pronunciation notes:

• אני = ani
• רוצה = rotze / rotza
• לבדוק = livdok
• את is often pronounced et
• הכתובת = ha-ketovet
• לפני כן = lifnei khen

The כ in כן is usually a throaty sound, like the ch in German Bach.

Yes, sometimes Hebrew allows some flexibility, especially with time expressions.

For example, these can all be possible depending on emphasis and context:

• אני רוצה לבדוק את הכתובת לפני כן
• לפני כן אני רוצה לבדוק את הכתובת

The original version sounds very natural and neutral. Putting לפני כן at the beginning gives it a little more emphasis, like:

• Before that, I want to check the address

Then you would usually remove both את and the definite article ה־.

So:

• אני רוצה לבדוק כתובת לפני כן = I want to check an address beforehand / before that

Compare:

• את הכתובת = the address
• כתובת = an address / address in a general sense

This is a very important Hebrew pattern:

• definite direct object → use את
• indefinite direct object → do not use את