Questions & Answers about אני רוצה לבדוק את זה בעצמי.
How do you pronounce this sentence?
A common transliteration is ani rotze livdok et ze be'atzmi.
If the speaker is female, it is pronounced ani rotza livdok et ze be'atzmi.
A rough stress guide:
- a-NI
- rot-ZE / rot-ZA
- liv-DOK
- et ZE
- be-atz-MI
Why is אני included? Can Hebrew leave out I?
Sometimes yes, but in the present tense Hebrew often keeps the subject pronoun because the verb form does not clearly show person.
So רוצה by itself can mean something like:
- want for I,
- you,
- or he/she depending on context, gender, and pronunciation.
Because of that, אני רוצה is the clearest and most natural way to say I want here.
Does רוצה change depending on whether the speaker is male or female?