אני רוצה לשמוע מהם מה קרה במשרד היום.

This is the very common pattern רוצה + infinitive = want to + verb.

• רוצה = want
• לשמוע = to hear

So:

• אני רוצה = I want
• אני רוצה לשמוע = I want to hear

The ל- at the start of לשמוע is the normal infinitive marker, like English to in to hear.

It can be either, depending on pronunciation.

In unpointed Hebrew, רוצה is written the same for:

• masculine singular: rotze
• feminine singular: rotza

So this sentence could be said by either a man or a woman:

• אני רוצה לשמוע...
  • pronounced ani rotze lishmoa... if the speaker is male
  • pronounced ani rotza lishmoa... if the speaker is female

This is something that often surprises English speakers, because the spelling does not show the difference clearly.

Here לשמוע means to hear, but in real Hebrew it often overlaps a bit with English hear and listen.

In this sentence, לשמוע מהם means something like:

• hear from them
• get the story from them
• find out from them

So it is not just about physically hearing sound. It is about receiving information from them.

מהם here means from them.

It is made from:

• מ-/מן = from
• הם = they / them

So:

• מהם = from them

It is written as one word because Hebrew prepositions commonly attach directly to pronouns.

Also, this is different from מה הם as two words:

• מהם = from them
• מה הם = what are they

That is a very common point of confusion for learners.

Because the sentence means hear from them, not just hear them.

Compare:

• לשמוע אותם = to hear them

  • for example, hear their voices, hear them speaking

• לשמוע מהם = to hear from them

  • get the information from them
  • hear their account

So מהם is the more natural choice when the speaker wants them to explain what happened.

Because Hebrew usually does not need an extra word there.

In English, we might say:

• I want to hear from them what happened
• or sometimes I want to hear from them about what happened

In Hebrew, the indirect question can come directly after the verb:

• לשמוע מהם מה קרה

So מה קרה simply means what happened, and no extra that is needed.

מה קרה means what happened.

• מה = what
• קרה = happened

קרה is the past-tense form of לקרות (to happen), and this exact phrase is extremely common in Hebrew:

• מה קרה? = What happened?

In your sentence, it becomes an embedded question:

• אני רוצה לשמוע מהם מה קרה
• I want to hear from them what happened

So even though it looks like a direct question, Hebrew uses the same wording very naturally inside a longer sentence.

במשרד is one word because it combines:

• ב- = in / at
• המשרד = the office

When ב- joins ה- (the), they contract:

• ב + המשרד → במשרד

So במשרד means in the office or at the office, depending on context. English chooses between in and at, but Hebrew often uses ב- for both kinds of meaning.

Because Hebrew word order is fairly flexible, and putting היום at the end sounds natural here.

• היום = today

So the sentence ends with the time expression:

• ...במשרד היום = ...in/at the office today

You could also hear:

• מה קרה היום במשרד

Both are natural. The difference is mostly one of rhythm or emphasis, not basic meaning.

Yes, to some extent. Hebrew is more flexible than English, but not completely free.

For example, these are all understandable:

• אני רוצה לשמוע מהם מה קרה במשרד היום
• אני רוצה לשמוע מהם מה קרה היום במשרד

Both are natural.

The original order is good because it keeps the sentence organized like this:

1. I want
2. to hear
3. from them
4. what happened
5. at the office today

That structure is very clear and idiomatic.

Yes:

• אני = I
• רוצה = want
• לשמוע = to hear
• מהם = from them
• מה = what
• קרה = happened
• במשרד = in / at the office
• היום = today

A very literal unpacking would be:

• I want to hear from them what happened in/at the office today

That is also a good example of how Hebrew often says things a little more directly than English.