Questions & Answers about אני רוצה להתחיל לקרוא את הספר הזה.
Why are there three verbs in a row: אני רוצה להתחיל לקרוא?
This is normal in Hebrew, just like in English.
The structure is:
- רוצה = want
- להתחיל = to start
- לקרוא = to read
So Hebrew is building the same kind of chain as English:
I want to start to read...
Only the first verb is conjugated here; the next two are infinitives.
Why is אני included? Doesn’t רוצה already mean I want?
In the present tense, Hebrew usually does not mark person clearly the way English does.
The form רוצה can mean:
- I want (if the speaker is masculine singular)
- you want
- he wants
depending on context.
Because of that, Hebrew often includes the subject pronoun in the present tense:
- אני רוצה = I want
- אתה רוצה = you want
- הוא רוצה = he wants
So אני is there to make I explicit.
Is רוצה masculine or feminine here?