זה נשמע טוב, אבל אני רוצה לבדוק עוד פעם.

In this sentence, זה can be understood as it or that, depending on context. Hebrew זה is broader than English and often covers this/that/it in simple statements.

So זה נשמע טוב can naturally mean:

• It sounds good
• That sounds good

Hebrew does not always separate those ideas as strictly as English does.

נשמע comes from the root ש-מ-ע, which is related to hearing.

Here, נשמע means sounds or is heard as. So:

• זה נשמע טוב = It sounds good

This is a very common Hebrew way to talk about how something seems when you hear about it.

It is not the same as שומע, which usually means he hears or he is hearing.

Because the subject here is זה, which is grammatically treated as masculine singular, the adjective is also masculine singular:

• זה ... טוב

So טוב is the expected form.

If you used a feminine noun instead, the adjective would usually match that noun. For example:

• התוכנית נשמעת טובה = The plan sounds good

But with זה, טוב is the normal form.

Yes. אבל means but and is used very much like English but.

So:

• זה נשמע טוב, אבל... = That sounds good, but...

The placement is very natural and straightforward here.

Sometimes Hebrew does leave out subject pronouns, but in the present tense that is less straightforward than in some other tenses.

The form רוצה by itself does not clearly show person. Without context, it could relate to:

• I want
• you want
• he wants
• she wants

So adding אני makes it clear: I want.

That is why אני רוצה is very normal here.

After רוצה (want), Hebrew normally uses an infinitive, usually with ל־:

• רוצה לבדוק = want to check

לבדוק is the infinitive to check.

By contrast, בודק means something like checking / checks, so it would not fit after want in this sentence.

Yes, the pronunciation of רוצה changes.

In everyday unpointed Hebrew, the spelling stays the same:

• רוצה

But the pronunciation is different:

• male speaker: rotze
• female speaker: rotza

So a woman would say the same written sentence, but pronounce that word differently.

לבדוק means to check, to examine, or to verify, depending on context.

In this sentence, it is best understood as to check.

It comes from the root ב-ד-ק, which is connected to checking, testing, inspecting, or examining something.

עוד פעם literally means another time or one more time.

In everyday speech, it very often means again.

So:

• לבדוק עוד פעם = to check again

This is a very common and natural expression in spoken Hebrew.

Another common way to say again is שוב. For example:

• אני רוצה לבדוק שוב

That is also correct, but עוד פעם sounds especially conversational.

It is simply omitted.

Hebrew often leaves out an object when it is already understood from context. So:

• אני רוצה לבדוק עוד פעם = I want to check again

If you want to say the object explicitly, you could say:

• אני רוצה לבדוק את זה עוד פעם = I want to check it again

Both are natural; the shorter version just assumes the listener already knows what is being checked.