אני אוהבת את המקצוע שלי, אבל אני רוצה לעבור לתחום רגוע יותר.

Because the speaker is female. In Hebrew, present-tense verbs agree with the subject’s gender and number.

• אני אוהבת = a woman saying I love
• אני אוהב = a man saying I love

So this sentence is spoken by a woman.

את is the direct object marker. Hebrew uses it before a definite direct object.

Here, המקצוע שלי means my profession, which is definite, so Hebrew needs את:

• אני אוהבת את המקצוע שלי

English has no equivalent word here, so learners often wonder why it appears at all.

You would not normally use את before an indefinite object.

In everyday Hebrew, when you use שלי to mean my, the noun is usually written as definite with ה־:

• הספר שלי = my book
• העבודה שלי = my job
• המקצוע שלי = my profession

So המקצוע שלי is the normal everyday way to say my profession.

Because in unpointed Hebrew, some masculine and feminine present-tense forms are spelled the same.

• רוצה can mean wants for a man or a woman
• the pronunciation is different:
  • masculine: rotze
  • feminine: rotza

In this sentence, it is feminine because the speaker is the same woman who said אני אוהבת.

The verb לעבור often means to pass, to move, or to switch. In this sentence, it means to move/switch into a different professional area.

So:

• לעבור לתחום = to move into a field
• more naturally in English: to switch to a field

It is not about physically walking somewhere; it is about changing professional direction.

They are related, but not identical.

• מקצוע = profession, occupation, or sometimes school subject
• תחום = field, area, domain

So the sentence suggests something like:

• I love my profession
• but I want to move to a more relaxed field

That can mean the speaker likes what they do in general, but wants a calmer branch or area of work.

Because adjectives in Hebrew must agree with the noun they describe.

Here the noun is תחום, which is masculine singular, so the adjective is also masculine singular:

• תחום רגוע

If the noun were feminine, the adjective would also be feminine:

• עבודה רגועה = a relaxed job

That is the normal Hebrew pattern for comparatives.

Hebrew usually says:

• רגוע יותר = more relaxed
• גדול יותר = bigger / more big
• מעניין יותר = more interesting

So while English says more relaxed, Hebrew usually says relaxed more in that order.

In normal unpointed Hebrew spelling, לתחום can look ambiguous.

It could represent:

• לתחום = to a field
• לתחום = to the field

The difference is clearer in pronunciation with vowels, but not in regular spelling.

In this sentence, the meaning is to a more relaxed field, so it is understood as indefinite.

Yes, sometimes it could be omitted in casual Hebrew if the subject is already clear:

• אני אוהבת את המקצוע שלי, אבל רוצה לעבור...

But repeating אני is completely natural and often clearer, especially because present-tense Hebrew verbs do not always clearly show person by themselves.

So אבל אני רוצה... sounds very normal.

אבל means but. It connects the two parts of the sentence:

• אני אוהבת את המקצוע שלי = I love my profession
• אבל אני רוצה... = but I want...

Its placement is very similar to English, so this part usually feels familiar to English speakers.

Only the gender-marked words would change where necessary.

A man would normally say:

אני אוהב את המקצוע שלי, אבל אני רוצה לעבור לתחום רגוע יותר.

The main visible change is:

• אוהבת → אוהב

רוצה stays spelled the same in normal writing, even though the pronunciation would be masculine.