אני לא רוצה לקנא בה; אני שמחה בשבילה.

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Breakdown of אני לא רוצה לקנא בה; אני שמחה בשבילה.

• לרצות: to want
• לא: not
• שמח: happy

Questions & Answers about אני לא רוצה לקנא בה; אני שמחה בשבילה.

How do you pronounce this sentence?

A natural pronunciation is:

Ani lo rotzah lekané bah; ani smechah bishvilah.

A few notes:

• רוצה = rotzah if the speaker is female
• לקנא = lekané
• בה = bah
• שמחה = smechah if the speaker is female
• בשבילה = bishvilah

If a male speaker says it, you would hear rotzeh and sameach instead.

Why are רוצה and שמחה in the feminine form?

Because the speaker is female.

In Hebrew, adjectives and many present-tense verb forms agree with the gender of the speaker or subject.

So here:

• אני לא רוצה = I do not want said by a woman
• אני שמחה = I am happy said by a woman

If a man were speaking, it would be:

• אני לא רוצה לקנא בה; אני שמח בשבילה.

Notice the changes:

• רוצה stays spelled the same, but for a male it is usually pronounced rotzeh
• שמחה changes to שמח

Why is it לקנא בה? Why do we need ב־ here?