אני רוצה להכין לעצמי קפה.

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• אני = I
• רוצה = want / wants in the present tense form used with I
• להכין = to prepare / to make
• לעצמי = for myself
• קפה = coffee

So the whole sentence means I want to make myself coffee or I want to make some coffee for myself.

Because Hebrew often uses this pattern:

• רוצה + infinitive
• literally: want + to do something

So:

• אני רוצה = I want
• אני רוצה להכין = I want to make / prepare

This works just like English:

• I want to eat = אני רוצה לאכול
• I want to drink = אני רוצה לשתות
• I want to make coffee = אני רוצה להכין קפה

לעצמי means for myself.

It is built from:

• ל־ = to / for
• עצמי = myself

Together: לעצמי = for myself

This is a reflexive form, meaning the action is being done for the same person who is doing it.

So:

• אני מכין קפה לעצמי = I’m making coffee for myself
• אני מכין קפה לך = I’m making coffee for you

You sometimes can say לי, but לעצמי is more explicitly for myself.

Compare:

• להכין לי קפה = to make coffee for me
• להכין לעצמי קפה = to make coffee for myself

In many situations, לי and לעצמי can sound similar in meaning, but לעצמי stresses that the subject and the receiver are the same person.

In this sentence, לעצמי is very natural because the speaker is doing something for their own benefit.

Because את is used before a definite direct object.

For example:

• אני מכין את הקפה = I’m making the coffee
• אני רוצה להכין את הקפה = I want to make the coffee

But here we have just קפה, which is indefinite: coffee / some coffee, not the coffee.

So:

• אני רוצה להכין קפה = I want to make coffee
• אני רוצה להכין את הקפה = I want to make the coffee

Hebrew normally has no separate word for a/an.

So קפה can mean:

• coffee
• a coffee
• some coffee

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is very normal in Hebrew. For example:

• אני קונה ספר = I’m buying a book
• אני שותה מים = I’m drinking water
• אני רוצה קפה = I want coffee / some coffee

In unpointed Hebrew, רוצה is written the same way for both:

• male speaker: רוצה pronounced ro-tze
• female speaker: רוצה pronounced ro-tza

So the spelling stays the same, but the pronunciation changes.

That means this sentence could be said by either:

• a man: ani rotze le’hakhin le’atzmi kafe
• a woman: ani rotza le’hakhin le’atzmi kafe

You usually know which one is meant from context.

From the written sentence alone, without vowel marks, you usually can’t be completely sure.

The form רוצה can represent:

• רוצה = rotze for a male speaker
• רוצה = rotza for a female speaker

In speech, the pronunciation tells you immediately. In writing, context usually tells you.

Yes, להכין קפה is very natural and common. It means to prepare coffee or to make coffee.

Hebrew often uses להכין where English uses make for food and drink preparation.

You may also hear לעשות קפה (to make coffee), especially in casual speech, but להכין קפה is very standard and often sounds a bit more precise.

Yes, you could say that too.

Both are understandable:

• אני רוצה להכין לעצמי קפה
• אני רוצה להכין קפה לעצמי

The version with לעצמי before קפה is very natural and common. It can make for myself feel a little more closely tied to the verb להכין.

The version with קפה לעצמי is also fine and may sound slightly more like a coffee for myself as a chunk.

In everyday Hebrew, both word orders can occur.

A common pronunciation is:

ani rotzeh le’hakhin le’atzmi kafe
if the speaker is male

or

ani rotzah le’hakhin le’atzmi kafe
if the speaker is female

A few pronunciation notes:

• אני = a-NI
• רוצה = ro-TZEH / ro-TZAH
• להכין = le-ha-KHIN
  The kh is the throaty Hebrew sound of כ/ח
• לעצמי = le-atz-MI
• קפה = ka-FE

קפה is generally treated as masculine in modern Hebrew.

For example:

• קפה חם = hot coffee
  (using the masculine adjective חם)

But in your sentence, the gender of קפה does not affect anything, because there is no adjective or verb agreeing with it.

Yes. Depending on context, it can mean:

• I want to make coffee for myself
• I want to make a coffee for myself
• I want to make myself some coffee

Hebrew often leaves this kind of distinction to context, especially with nouns like קפה.

The structure is:

• אני = subject
• רוצה = main verb
• להכין = infinitive complement
• לעצמי = indirect/reflexive phrase
• קפה = object

So the pattern is roughly:

I + want + to make + for myself + coffee

This is a very useful model you can reuse:

• אני רוצה להכין לעצמי ארוחת ערב = I want to make myself dinner
• אני רוצה לקנות לעצמי משהו = I want to buy myself something
• אני רוצה לבשל לעצמי = I want to cook for myself