אני אוהב את הזריחה ליד הים, אבל היא מעדיפה לראות שקיעה על ההר.

Because אוהב is the masculine singular present-tense form.

In Hebrew, present-tense verbs agree with the gender and number of the subject. So:

• אני אוהב = I love / I like said by a male speaker
• אני אוהבת = I love / I like said by a female speaker

Even though אני means I, the verb still changes for gender in the present tense.

Because היא means she, so the verb must be feminine singular.

• היא מעדיפה = she prefers
• הוא מעדיף = he prefers

So מעדיפה matches היא correctly.

את here is the direct object marker. It does not have a separate English translation.

Hebrew uses את before a direct object when that object is definite — usually when it has ה־ or is a name/pronoun.

So:

• אני אוהב את הזריחה = I love the sunrise
• אני אוהב זריחה would sound different and less natural here, more like I love sunrise / I like sunrise as a thing

A very important rule is:

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

Because הזריחה is definite, while שקיעה is indefinite.

• את הזריחה = the sunrise
• שקיעה = a sunset or sunset in a general sense

Since הזריחה is definite, it needs את. Since שקיעה is indefinite, it does not take את.

If you wanted to say to see the sunset, you would say:

• לראות את השקיעה

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• הזריחה = the sunrise
• שקיעה = a sunset / sunset

This gives the two noun phrases slightly different feels:

• את הזריחה ליד הים = the sunrise by the sea
• לראות שקיעה על ההר = to see a sunset on the mountain

If the speaker wanted both to be definite and parallel, Hebrew could also say:

• אני אוהב את הזריחה ליד הים, אבל היא מעדיפה לראות את השקיעה על ההר

Because לראות is the infinitive, meaning to see.

After verbs like מעדיף / מעדיפה (prefer), Hebrew often uses an infinitive to express prefer to do something.

So:

• היא מעדיפה לראות = she prefers to see
• אני מעדיף לאכול = I prefer to eat
• הם מעדיפים ללכת = they prefer to go

The ל־ at the start of לראות is the normal marker for the infinitive, like to in English.

They are two different prepositional phrases:

• ליד הים = by the sea / next to the sea
• על ההר = on the mountain

So:

• ליד means near / beside / by
• על means on

These phrases describe location:

• where the sunrise is being enjoyed: by the sea
• where the sunset is being seen: on the mountain

Yes, it is very normal.

The sentence follows a common Hebrew pattern:

• subject + verb + object + place
• then אבל
  • a new clause

Breakdown:

• אני אוהב את הזריחה ליד הים
• אבל היא מעדיפה לראות שקיעה על ההר

This is very natural Hebrew. Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, but this order is straightforward and common.

Sometimes, but here it is helpful to keep them.

In Hebrew present tense, forms like אוהב and מעדיפה show gender and number, but not always person as clearly as English learners expect.

For example:

• אוהב could mean I love if the speaker is male
• but it could also mean he loves, depending on context

So pronouns such as אני and היא are often included in present-tense sentences to make the subject clear.

In this sentence, keeping both pronouns makes everything very easy to understand.

Because the noun itself is הר (mountain), and when you add the definite article ה־ (the), you get:

• ה
  • הר = ההר

So ההר simply means the mountain.

This happens because the word already begins with ה. Hebrew keeps both letters in writing.

It can mean either, depending on context.

In everyday Hebrew, אוהב / אוהבת is often used for both:

• love
• like
• enjoy

So אני אוהב את הזריחה ליד הים could be understood as:

• I love the sunrise by the sea
• I like the sunrise by the sea
• I enjoy the sunrise by the sea

The exact strength of feeling comes from context, not just the verb itself.

Here are the key forms:

• אני = I
• אוהב = from לאהוב = to love / to like
• את = definite direct object marker
• הזריחה = the sunrise from זריחה
• ליד = by / next to / near
• הים = the sea
• אבל = but
• היא = she
• מעדיפה = from להעדיף = to prefer
• לראות = to see
• שקיעה = sunset
• על = on
• ההר = the mountain

This is a useful sentence because it combines gender agreement, definiteness, prepositions, and the infinitive all in one place.