אני רוצה לחזור למכולת, כי שכחתי לקנות חלב.

It literally means I want.

• אני = I
• רוצה = want

In everyday Hebrew, אני רוצה can mean either a plain I want or a softer I’d like, depending on context and tone.

Yes and no.

In normal unpointed Hebrew, it is written the same: אני רוצה.

But the pronunciation changes:

• male speaker: ani rotze
• female speaker: ani rotza

So the spelling usually stays the same, but the spoken form tells you the gender.

Sometimes Hebrew can leave out subject pronouns, but here אני is very natural and often helpful.

A key reason is that present-tense forms like רוצה do not clearly show person by themselves. רוצה could mean:

• I want if the speaker is masculine
• you want
• he wants

depending on context.

So adding אני makes the sentence clear. In this sentence, leaving it out would usually sound less natural unless the context already makes the subject obvious.

Because ל־ is the normal marker for the Hebrew infinitive, like English to in to return and to buy.

• לחזור = to return / to go back
• לקנות = to buy

So in both words, ל־ is not the preposition to meaning direction. It is part of the infinitive form.

It can mean both.

לחזור means:

• to return
• to go back
• sometimes to come back, depending on context

In this sentence, לחזור למכולת is naturally to go back to the grocery store.

Also, Hebrew does not need a separate word for back here. The idea of going back is already built into לחזור.

למכולת means to the grocery store.

It is made from:

• ל־ = to
• ה = the
• מכולת = grocery store / corner store

When ל־ combines with ה, Hebrew merges them. So ל + ה + מכולת becomes למכולת in everyday spelling.

So this is not just to grocery store. It really means to the grocery store.

Not exactly.

מכולת usually means a small neighborhood grocery store, corner shop, or convenience-type grocery.

A large supermarket is more commonly סופרמרקט or just סופר in everyday speech.

So מכולת gives a slightly more local, neighborhood feel.

Here כי means because.

So:

• כי שכחתי לקנות חלב = because I forgot to buy milk

Be aware that כי can also mean that in some other sentences, but in this sentence it clearly means because.

שכחתי means I forgot.

It is the past tense of the verb לשכוח = to forget.

The ending ־תי is the common I ending in the past tense:

• שכחתי = I forgot
• קניתי = I bought
• רציתי = I wanted

This past-tense form is the same for male and female speakers.

Because Hebrew often uses forgot + infinitive just like English uses forgot to buy.

So:

• שכחתי = I forgot
• לקנות = to buy

Together: שכחתי לקנות = I forgot to buy

That structure is very normal in Hebrew.

Because חלב here is indefinite.

In Hebrew, את is used before a definite direct object, usually one with the.

Compare:

• קניתי חלב = I bought milk
• קניתי את החלב = I bought the milk

In your sentence, it is just milk in a general sense, not the milk, so there is no את.

Because the sentence means milk in a general, indefinite sense.

English does the same thing very often:

• I forgot to buy milk
• not necessarily I forgot to buy the milk

If the speaker meant a specific milk already known in context, Hebrew would say החלב.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ani rotze lakhzor lamakolet, ki shakhakhti liknot khalav

If the speaker is female, the beginning is:

ani rotza lakhzor lamakolet, ki shakhakhti liknot khalav

A few sound notes:

• ח and the soft כ are usually pronounced like kh, a throat sound similar to the ch in German Bach
• כי is pronounced ki
• חלב is khalav
• מכולת is makolet

It is normal and acceptable here, but it is not the main thing a learner should focus on.

The sentence has two parts:

• אני רוצה לחזור למכולת
• כי שכחתי לקנות חלב

The comma helps separate the main clause from the because clause. In short everyday writing, punctuation can vary a bit, but this punctuation is perfectly natural.