אני רוצה לבטא את המילים נכון.

A natural pronunciation is:

• a-NI rot-SE le-va-TE et ha-mi-LIM na-KHON if a male speaker is talking
• a-NI rot-SA le-va-TE et ha-mi-LIM na-KHON if a female speaker is talking

A few pronunciation notes:

• אני = a-NI
• רוצה is spelled the same for male and female speakers in normal writing, but pronounced rotse for a man and rotsa for a woman
• לבטא = le-va-TE
• את = et
• המילים = ha-mi-LIM
• נכון = na-KHON

The kh sound in נכון is the throaty sound heard in German Bach or Scottish loch.

Here is a word-by-word breakdown:

• אני = I
• רוצה = want
• לבטא = to pronounce / to articulate
• את = a marker that shows the next word is a definite direct object
• המילים = the words
• נכון = correct / correctly

So the structure is basically:

I + want + to pronounce + the words + correctly

את is the Hebrew direct object marker. It is used before a definite direct object, such as:

• הספר = the book
• המילים = the words
• a person’s name
• a noun with a possessive ending, like הספר שלי = my book

In this sentence, המילים means the words, which is definite, so Hebrew uses את:

• לבטא את המילים = to pronounce the words

English does not have an equivalent word, so it is usually not translated.

After רוצה meaning want, Hebrew usually uses an infinitive, just like English often uses to + verb.

So:

• רוצה = want
• לבטא = to pronounce

Together:

• רוצה לבטא = want to pronounce

This is a very common pattern in Hebrew:

• אני רוצה ללמוד = I want to study
• אני רוצה לאכול = I want to eat
• אני רוצה לדבר = I want to speak

In Hebrew, many present-tense verb forms agree with gender.

So:

• a male speaker says אני רוצה and pronounces it ani rotse
• a female speaker says אני רוצה and pronounces it ani rotsa

The spelling usually stays the same in everyday unpointed Hebrew, but the pronunciation changes.

This is very common in modern Hebrew.

Yes, נכון is basically an adjective meaning correct / right, but in Hebrew, adjectives are often used in a way that works like an adverb in English.

So:

• נכון can mean correct
• but in context it can also mean correctly

In this sentence, לבטא את המילים נכון means to pronounce the words correctly.

This is very natural Hebrew. English usually separates these ideas into:

• correct = adjective
• correctly = adverb

Hebrew often does not make that distinction in the same way.

המילים means the words, while מילים means just words.

So the sentence specifically refers to the words, not words in general.

Compare:

• לבטא מילים נכון = to pronounce words correctly
• לבטא את המילים נכון = to pronounce the words correctly

Because המילים is definite, it also triggers the use of את.

Yes, sometimes, but there is a slight nuance.

• להגות = to pronounce / to enunciate
• לבטא = to express / articulate / pronounce

In many everyday situations, both can work when talking about pronunciation. But:

• להגות often sounds more specifically about the pronunciation itself
• לבטא can also suggest producing or articulating the words

So אני רוצה להגות את המילים נכון is also possible, but לבטא sounds very natural in this sentence.

Sometimes, but in this sentence it is usually better to keep it.

In Hebrew present tense, the verb form does not clearly show person the way English does. רוצה can mean:

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

depending on context and pronunciation.

Because of that, Hebrew often keeps the pronoun in the present tense for clarity:

• אני רוצה לבטא את המילים נכון

If you drop אני, the sentence may still be understood in context, but it is less explicit.

That is the most natural place for it here.

Hebrew often places words like correctly, well, badly, and similar modifiers after the verb phrase or toward the end of the sentence.

So:

• לבטא את המילים נכון = to pronounce the words correctly

Putting נכון at the end sounds smooth and normal. It modifies the action of pronouncing.

The singular is מילה = word.

Its plural is מילים = words.

This is a very common Hebrew noun pattern:

• singular feminine ending -ה
• plural -ים in this particular word

So even though מילה is feminine, its plural is מילים, which may look surprising to English speakers and beginning Hebrew learners. Hebrew has quite a few nouns whose plural form is not what you might first expect, so this is something you gradually get used to.