בדוכן יש מיץ קר, אבל אני רוצה רק מים.

בדוכן means at the stall / in the stall / at the stand.

It is made from:

• ב־ = in / at
• דוכן = stall, stand, booth

So literally it is something like in/at the stall.

A useful extra point: in unpointed Hebrew, בדוכן can sometimes be read as either:

• in a stall
• in the stall

The exact meaning usually comes from context.

יש is the Hebrew word used to express there is or there are.

So:

• יש מיץ קר = there is cold juice
• יש מים = there is water / there are water supplies depending on context

Hebrew does not use a separate dummy subject like English there. Instead, it simply uses יש.

A very common pattern is:

place + יש + thing

So:

• בדוכן יש מיץ קר literally: At the stall there is cold juice

Hebrew does not have an indefinite article. English uses a / an, but Hebrew usually just uses the noun by itself.

So:

• מיץ can mean juice or a juice, depending on context
• מיץ קר can mean cold juice or a cold juice

If something is definite, Hebrew usually adds ה־:

• מיץ = juice / a juice
• המיץ = the juice

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

So:

• מיץ קר = cold juice
• literally: juice cold

This is normal Hebrew word order.

More examples:

• מים קרים = cold water
• ילד קטן = small boy
• מכונית גדולה = big car

Because קר has to agree with מיץ.

מיץ is:

• masculine
• singular

So the adjective must also be masculine singular:

• קר = masculine singular cold

For comparison:

• קרה = feminine singular
• קרים = masculine plural
• קרות = feminine plural

So:

• מיץ קר = correct
• מים קרים = correct, because מים is plural in form

Yes, Hebrew can often omit subject pronouns, because the verb form already gives information about the subject.

So both of these can work:

• אני רוצה רק מים
• רוצה רק מים

However, אני רוצה is very common and often sounds clearer or a bit more explicit, especially for learners and in everyday speech.

In this sentence, אני is not strictly necessary, but it is perfectly natural.

רוצה is the present-tense form of the verb לרצות = to want.

In the present tense, Hebrew verbs change for gender and number.

For לרצות:

• רוצה = masculine singular
• רוצה can also be used in writing for feminine singular? No — in standard Hebrew:
• רוצה = masculine singular
• רוצה? Actually feminine singular is רוצה in pronunciation?
  More precisely:
  • masculine singular: רוצה pronounced rotse
  • feminine singular: רוצה pronounced rotsa
• רוצים = masculine plural
• רוצות = feminine plural

So אני רוצה could mean:

• I want said by a male speaker: ani rotse
• I want said by a female speaker: ani rotsa

The spelling is the same in unpointed Hebrew, but the pronunciation differs.

Because רק means only, and it usually comes right before the word or phrase it modifies.

So:

• אני רוצה רק מים = I want only water

Here, רק modifies מים.

Compare:

• רק אני רוצה מים = Only I want water
• אני רק רוצה מים = I just want water or I only want water, depending on context

So placement matters.

מים is one of those Hebrew words that has a plural form but refers to a substance that English treats as a mass noun.

So even though it means water, its form is plural.

That is why you often see plural agreement with it:

• מים קרים = cold water
• literally: water cold-plural

This is very normal in Hebrew. Another similar word is:

• שמיים = sky / heavens

So yes, מים looks plural, and grammatically it often behaves that way.

Yes. אבל is the standard everyday word for but.

So:

• יש מיץ קר, אבל אני רוצה רק מים = There is cold juice, but I only want water

It is very common in both speech and writing.

The sentence as written is very natural, but Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible.

This version:

• בדוכן יש מיץ קר, אבל אני רוצה רק מים

puts the location first, which sets the scene: At the stall...

You could also say:

• יש בדוכן מיץ קר, אבל אני רוצה רק מים
• מיץ קר יש בדוכן, אבל אני רוצה רק מים

But the original sounds the most neutral and natural for everyday use.

So the first part follows a very common Hebrew pattern:

• location + יש + noun

No. It would be מים קרים.

That is because מים is plural in form, so the adjective also appears in the plural:

• מים קרים = cold water

Compare:

• מיץ קר = cold juice
• מים קרים = cold water

This is a very common point for learners, because English treats water as singular, but Hebrew מים does not.