אני אביא סלסלה עם פיתות, חומוס, טחינה וזיתים.

Yes. אביא already tells you the subject is I.

So Hebrew can say either:

• אביא סלסלה... = I’ll bring a basket...
• אני אביא סלסלה... = I’ll bring a basket...

Adding אני can make the subject clearer or slightly more emphatic, like I will bring it.

אביא means I will bring.

It comes from the verb להביא = to bring.

This is the 1st person singular future form:

• להביא = to bring
• אביא = I will bring

So Hebrew does not need a separate word for will here. The future meaning is built into the verb itself.

Because Hebrew usually expresses future time through the verb form, not by adding a separate helper word like English will.

So:

• אני אביא = I will bring
• literally, the future is already inside אביא

This is very normal in Hebrew.

Hebrew uses את before a definite direct object, usually when the noun has the.

Here, סלסלה means a basket, not the basket, so it is indefinite. That is why there is no את.

Compare:

• אני אביא סלסלה = I will bring a basket
• אני אביא את הסלסלה = I will bring the basket

So the rule here is:

• indefinite object → no את
• definite object → use את

Because all the nouns here are indefinite:

• סלסלה = a basket
• פיתות = pitas
• חומוס = hummus
• טחינה = tahini
• זיתים = olives

In Hebrew, the is usually added as a prefix: ה־.

For example:

• הסלסלה = the basket
• הפיתות = the pitas
• הזיתים = the olives

So this sentence sounds more like I’ll bring a basket with pitas, hummus, tahini, and olives, not the basket or the pitas.

עם means with.

Here it connects סלסלה to what is in or with the basket:

• סלסלה עם פיתות... = a basket with pitas...

It works much like English with.

These are standard Hebrew plural patterns:

• פיתה = pita
• פיתות = pitas

This is a common feminine plural ending: ־ות

And:

• זית = olive
• זיתים = olives

This is a common masculine plural ending: ־ים

So in this sentence you can see both major plural endings:

• ־ות for many feminine nouns
• ־ים for many masculine nouns

Because they are usually treated as mass nouns, like English hummus and tahini.

In English, you usually would not say:

• hummuses
• tahinis

unless you mean different types or varieties.

Hebrew works similarly here:

• חומוס = hummus
• טחינה = tahini

So the sentence lists some plural countable items (pitas, olives) and some uncountable foods (hummus, tahini).

Here וזיתים is pronounced ve-zeitim.

The letter ו here means and, and it is often pronounced ve-.

So:

• וזיתים = and olives

In some other cases, the pronunciation of ו changes, often to u-, depending on the sound that follows. But in this sentence, the natural pronunciation is ve-zeitim.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

ani avi salsala im pitot, khumus, t'khina ve-zeitim

A few notes:

• אני = ani
• אביא = avi
• עם = im
• ח in חומוס and טחינה is a throaty sound, often written kh in transliteration

A simple learner-friendly approximation is fine: ah-NEE ah-VEE sal-sa-LAH eem pee-TOT khoo-moos t'khee-NAH veh-zay-TEEM

Yes. This is a very normal structure:

• אני = subject
• אביא = verb
• סלסלה = object
• עם פיתות, חומוס, טחינה וזיתים = phrase describing what comes with/in the basket

So the basic pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Object + with-phrase

Hebrew word order can be flexible, but this sentence sounds natural and straightforward.

Yes, definitely.

You could say:

אביא סלסלה עם פיתות, חומוס, טחינה וזיתים.

That is still completely natural, because אביא already means I will bring.

Including אני may sound a little more explicit or emphatic, but both versions work well.

Mostly yes. Hebrew also uses commas to separate items in a list, and ו before the last item means and.

So:

• פיתות, חומוס, טחינה וזיתים = pitas, hummus, tahini, and olives

That list structure is very similar to English.