אנחנו רוצים להגיע מוקדם להופעה, כדי שנוכל לשבת קרוב יותר.

Not completely. In the present tense, רוצים tells you plural masculine or mixed-gender, but it does not uniquely tell you the person. It can mean we want or they want.

So אנחנו is added to make the subject clear: we.

In conversation, speakers sometimes drop אנחנו if the context already makes it obvious: רוצים להגיע מוקדם... But in a full sentence like this, keeping אנחנו is very normal.

Hebrew verbs and verb-like present-tense forms agree with the subject in gender and number.

רוצים is the masculine plural form, which is used for:

• a group of males, or
• a mixed group

If the group were all female, it would be: אנחנו רוצות להגיע מוקדם...

להגיע is the infinitive form, meaning to arrive, to get to, or to reach.

After רוצה / רוצים, Hebrew normally uses an infinitive:

• רוצים להגיע = want to arrive / want to get there

That is the standard pattern:

• אני רוצה לאכול = I want to eat
• הם רוצים ללמוד = they want to study

So להגיע is there because Hebrew says want + infinitive, just like English says want to + verb.

The verb להגיע usually takes ל־ before the destination or event:

• להגיע לבית = to arrive at the house
• להגיע לעבודה = to arrive at work
• להגיע להופעה = to arrive at / get to the show

So the ל־ here means to / at in the sense required by להגיע.

Also, הופעה means performance, show, or sometimes concert, depending on context.

A useful spelling note: in unpointed Hebrew, להופעה can look the same whether the meaning is to a show or to the show. Context usually tells you which one is meant.

כדי means so that or in order that.

The ש־ attached to נוכל means that.

נוכל is the future form of יכול and means we will be able.

So: כדי שנוכל לשבת קרוב יותר literally means: so that we will be able to sit closer

In natural English, that usually becomes: so that we can sit closer

Because after כדי ש־, Hebrew commonly uses a future-form verb to express the intended result or purpose.

So כדי שנוכל is normal Hebrew grammar for:

• so that we can
• so that we’ll be able to

It does not necessarily sound strongly future-oriented the way a literal English translation might. It is just the normal structure after this kind of purpose clause.

Yes. That would also be correct and very natural:

אנחנו רוצים להגיע מוקדם להופעה כדי לשבת קרוב יותר.

The difference is mainly one of nuance:

• כדי לשבת קרוב יותר = in order to sit closer
• כדי שנוכל לשבת קרוב יותר = so that we’ll be able to sit closer

The version with נוכל puts extra focus on having the opportunity / being able to sit closer, for example because better seats may still be available if you arrive early.

Because יכול / נוכל is followed by an infinitive in Hebrew.

So:

• נוכל לשבת = we will be able to sit
• אני יכול ללכת = I can go
• הם יכולים לראות = they can see

This is the normal pattern. Once you have נוכל, the next verb appears as an infinitive: לשבת.

Hebrew often forms comparisons with יותר, which means more.

So:

• קרוב = close
• קרוב יותר = more close = closer

This same pattern is very common:

• גדול יותר = bigger
• מהר יותר = faster
• טוב יותר = better

You may also hear יותר קרוב. That is possible too, but קרוב יותר is very common and sounds perfectly natural.

Because מוקדם means early, while מוקדם יותר means earlier.

This sentence is simply saying they want to arrive early. It does not explicitly compare their arrival time to another time, so מוקדם is the natural choice.

Also, מוקדם is functioning adverbially here—it describes how they want to arrive—so it does not change form for plural: אנחנו רוצים להגיע מוקדם = we want to arrive early

A rough pronunciation is:

anákhnu rotsím lehagía mukdám lahofa'á, kdei she-nukhál lashévet karóv yotér

A few stress points:

• אנחנו → anákhnu
• רוצים → rotsím
• להגיע → lehagía
• מוקדם → mukdám
• הופעה → hofa'á
• נוכל → nukhál
• לשבת → lashévet
• קרוב יותר → karóv yotér

Exact pronunciation varies a bit by speaker, but this will get you close.