ראיתי סרט חדש, ואני רוצה לספר לך עליו.

In Hebrew, the verb often already includes the subject.

ראיתי comes from the verb לראות (to see) and has the past-tense ending -תי, which means I.

So:

• ראיתי = I saw
• literally: saw-I

That is why Hebrew does not need אני here. You could say אני ראיתי, but it usually adds emphasis, like I saw.

Because Hebrew works differently in different tenses.

In the past tense, the verb usually tells you the person clearly:

• ראיתי = I saw
• ראית = you saw
• ראינו = we saw

So אני is optional.

In the present tense, the form רוצה does not show the person by itself. It can mean:

• I want
• you want
• he wants depending on context

So Hebrew usually includes the pronoun:

• אני רוצה = I want

Hebrew usually puts adjectives after the noun.

So:

• סרט = movie / film
• חדש = new
• סרט חדש = a new movie

This is the normal Hebrew word order:

• noun + adjective

In English, we say new movie. In Hebrew, it is movie new.

Adjectives in Hebrew must agree with the noun in gender and number.

סרט is a masculine singular noun, so the adjective must also be masculine singular:

• סרט חדש = a new movie

Compare:

• מכונית חדשה = a new car
  because מכונית is feminine singular, so the adjective becomes חדשה

So חדש is used because סרט is masculine singular.

The ו is the Hebrew word for and, and it is normally written as a prefix attached to the following word.

So:

• ו = and
• אני = I
• ואני = and I

This is completely normal in Hebrew. Many short function words attach directly to the next word.

Not in this spelling.

Without vowel marks, רוצה can be read as:

• rotze = spoken by a male
• rotza = spoken by a female

So in unpointed everyday Hebrew, this sentence does not tell you the speaker's gender.

Also, ראיתי is the same for male and female speakers, so that part does not help either.

לספר is the infinitive form of the verb to tell / to relate.

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

• לראות = to see
• לספר = to tell
• ללכת = to go

So:

• אני רוצה לספר = I want to tell

A useful note: לספר comes from the same root as words related to telling, counting, and books, so you may see related vocabulary with similar letters.

Because with לספר (to tell), the person receiving the information is treated with ל־ (to / for), not as a direct object.

So:

• לספר לך = to tell you
• literally: to tell to-you

לך means to you.

By contrast, אותך means you as a direct object, as in:

• אני רואה אותך = I see you

So לספר אותך would be wrong here.

לך is the preposition ל־ (to / for) plus the pronoun you.

So:

• ל־ = to
• לך = to you

It can refer to:

• to you (masculine singular)
• to you (feminine singular)

In everyday writing, the two are spelled the same. With vowel marks or in pronunciation, they differ.

Hebrew often uses על for about in contexts like talking or telling about something.

So:

• על = on / about
• עליו = about him / about it / on him / on it

Here it refers back to סרט (movie), which is masculine singular, so Hebrew uses the masculine singular attached form:

• עליו = about it

Literally, the ending means something like on/about him/it.

It is a preposition plus a pronoun suffix.

• על = on / about
• -יו = him / it (masculine singular suffix)

Together:

• עליו = about him / about it

This is a very common Hebrew pattern. Prepositions often attach directly to pronoun endings:

• אליו = to him
• איתו = with him
• בשבילו = for him

In this sentence, עליו refers to the movie.

It could be, in some situations, but עליו is smoother and more natural when referring back to a specific masculine singular noun like סרט.

Compare:

• לספר לך עליו = tell you about it
• לספר לך על זה = tell you about that / about it

עליו clearly points back to the movie as a grammatical noun. על זה can sound a little more like about that or can depend more on context.

So עליו is a very natural choice here.

The sentence mixes several common Hebrew forms:

• ראיתי — past tense: I saw
• רוצה — present tense form used like want
• לספר — infinitive: to tell

So the structure is:

• ראיתי סרט חדש = I saw a new movie
• ואני רוצה לספר לך עליו = and I want to tell you about it

This combination is very common in Hebrew:

• past event
• present desire/intention
• infinitive after want