אני רוצה לשמוע את הדעה שלכם.

I want to hear your opinion.

Breakdown of אני רוצה לשמוע את הדעה שלכם.

• אני: I
• לרצות: to want
• את: direct object marker
• לשמוע: to hear

Questions & Answers about אני רוצה לשמוע את הדעה שלכם.

What is the literal word-for-word structure of this sentence?

A helpful breakdown is:

• אני = I
• רוצה = want
• לשמוע = to hear
• את = marker of a definite direct object
• הדעה = the opinion
• שלכם = your / of you (addressing more than one person, or a mixed-gender group)

So the structure is roughly:

I want to hear the opinion of yours.

That sounds unnatural in English, but it matches the Hebrew structure pretty well.

Why is רוצה used here? Does it change depending on who is speaking?

Yes. רוצה agrees with the speaker.

In unpointed Hebrew, רוצה is written the same for masculine singular and feminine singular, but the pronunciation changes:

• male speaker: רוֹצֶה = rotze
• female speaker: רוֹצָה = rotza

So:

• אני רוצה לשמוע... can be said by a man and pronounced ani rotze...
• אני רוצה לשמוע... can also be said by a woman and pronounced ani rotza...

If the subject were plural, it would change more clearly:

• אנחנו רוצים = we want (masculine/mixed)
• אנחנו רוצות = we want (feminine)