אנחנו רוצים לבנות בית חדש ליד הים.

רוצים is the masculine plural form of want in the present tense.

Hebrew present-tense verbs agree with the subject in gender and number:

• אני רוצה = I want (masculine speaker)
• אני רוצה? Actually:
  • אני רוצה = I want (masculine)
  • אני רוצה? No, feminine is אני רוצה?
    Better shown in plural:
• אנחנו רוצים = we want (masculine or mixed group)
• אנחנו רוצות = we want (all-female group)

So in this sentence, אנחנו רוצים suggests either:

• a group of men, or
• a mixed group of men and women

If the speakers were all women, it would be: אנחנו רוצות לבנות בית חדש ליד הים.

The ל־ at the beginning marks the infinitive, like English to in to build.

So:

• בונה = building / builds
• לבנות = to build

After verbs like want, can, need, and like, Hebrew often uses this ל + infinitive form:

• רוצה לאכול = want to eat
• יכול ללכת = can go
• צריכים ללמוד = need to study

So רוצים לבנות literally means want to build.

In Hebrew, adjectives usually come after the noun, unlike in English.

So:

• בית חדש = a new house
• literally: house new

This is the normal word order in Hebrew:

• ספר מעניין = an interesting book
• מכונית גדולה = a big car
• ילד קטן = a small boy

So בית חדש is exactly what you would expect in Hebrew.

The adjective has to agree with the noun in gender and number.

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

• בית חדש = a new house

Other possible forms are:

• חדשה = feminine singular
• חדשים = masculine plural
• חדשות = feminine plural

Examples:

• דירה חדשה = a new apartment
• בתים חדשים = new houses
• מכוניות חדשות = new cars

Because בית here is indefinite: a house, not the house.

In Hebrew:

• בית = a house
• הבית = the house

And if a noun has the article, the adjective usually gets it too:

• בית חדש = a new house
• הבית החדש = the new house

So this sentence says בית חדש because it means a new house, not the new house.

ליד means next to / near / by, and the noun after it can be definite or indefinite.

Here, הים means the sea, so:

• ליד הים = near the sea / by the sea

Without ה־, ליד ים would sound more like near a sea, which is less natural in most situations.

Also, in Hebrew, words like ליד, אצל, מול, בתוך do not remove the definite article from the following noun:

• ליד הבית = ליד + the house = next to the house
• מול העיר = opposite the city
• בתוך החדר = inside the room

So ליד הים is completely normal.

ליד usually means near, next to, or by, depending on context.

In this sentence, ליד הים could be translated naturally as:

• near the sea
• by the sea
• next to the sea

The exact English wording depends on style and context, but the Hebrew idea is simply physical closeness.

Some related words:

• ליד = next to / near
• קרוב ל־ = close to
• על יד = often the same idea in some contexts, though ליד is the usual modern form

Yes, Hebrew can sometimes leave out subject pronouns, because the verb already shows person, number, and often gender.

So:

• רוצים לבנות בית חדש ליד הים can mean we want to build a new house by the sea

But adding אנחנו makes the subject explicit:

• אנחנו רוצים... = we want...

Hebrew often includes the pronoun for:

• clarity
• emphasis
• contrast

For example:

• אנחנו רוצים לבנות, אבל הם לא רוצים. = We want to build, but they don’t.

So the pronoun is not strictly necessary, but it is very common and natural.

Yes. רוצים is the present tense form of the verb לרצות (to want).

Hebrew often uses a present-tense verb followed by an infinitive:

• אנחנו רוצים לבנות = we want to build

Unlike English, Hebrew present-tense verb forms are actually based on participles, but for learners it is easiest to think of רוצים as simply present tense.

Other forms of לרצות:

• רוצה = wants / want
• רוצים = want (masculine plural)
• רוצות = want (feminine plural)

A common pronunciation would be:

Anákhnu rotsím livnót báyit khadásh leyád hayám.

A rough word-by-word guide:

• אנחנו = a-NAKH-nu
• רוצים = ro-TSIM
• לבנות = liv-NOT
• בית = BA-yit
• חדש = kha-DASH
• ליד = le-YAD
• הים = ha-YAM

Notes:

• The sound written here as kh is the throaty Hebrew sound in letters like ח.
• Stress is often on the last syllable in these words:
  • rotsím
  • livnót
  • khadásh
  • hayám

Yes, Hebrew word order is somewhat flexible, but the original order is the most neutral and natural:

אנחנו רוצים לבנות בית חדש ליד הים.

You might change the order for emphasis, for example:

• ליד הים אנחנו רוצים לבנות בית חדש. = By the sea, we want to build a new house.

This gives extra focus to ליד הים.

But for ordinary, neutral speech, the original sentence is best:

• subject: אנחנו
• verb: רוצים
• infinitive: לבנות
• object: בית חדש
• place phrase: ליד הים