אני רוצה לשמוע ממך מה קרה היום.

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Breakdown of אני רוצה לשמוע ממך מה קרה היום.

• לרצות: to want
• היום: today
• מה: what

Questions & Answers about אני רוצה לשמוע ממך מה קרה היום.

Why is it אני רוצה? Does that change depending on whether the speaker is male or female?

Yes.

In the present tense, Hebrew does not have a special first-person form like English I want. Instead, it uses gendered forms.

So with אני:

• a male speaker says אני רוצה = pronounced ani rotze
• a female speaker says אני רוצה = pronounced ani rotza

Notice that the spelling is usually the same without vowel marks. Only the pronunciation changes.

Why is לשמוע used after רוצה?

Because after רוצה (want), Hebrew normally uses an infinitive, just like English uses to + verb.

So:

• רוצה לשמוע = want to hear
• רוצה ללכת = want to go
• רוצה לדעת = want to know

The ל־ at the start of לשמוע is the normal infinitive marker here, similar to English to.

Why does the sentence use ממך instead of אותך?