אחרי העבודה אני רוצה לפנק את אמא בקפה ובעוגה.

Literally, אחרי העבודה is after the work.

But in natural Hebrew, this often simply means after work or after my workday/job. Hebrew often uses the in places where English does not. So העבודה can refer to work in a general, familiar sense.

Depending on context, it could also mean:

• after work
• after the shift
• after the job/task is done

Yes, it could come later. Hebrew word order is fairly flexible.

This sentence starts with a time expression:

• אחרי העבודה אני רוצה... = After work, I want...

That is very natural. It sets the scene first.

You could also say:

• אני רוצה לפנק את אמא אחרי העבודה

That would also be grammatical, but it puts the time information later.

Yes, רוצה agrees with the speaker, but in unpointed Hebrew the masculine and feminine singular are spelled the same.

So אני רוצה can mean:

• I want said by a man, pronounced rotze
• I want said by a woman, pronounced rotza

This is very common in Hebrew writing without vowels.

Because Hebrew usually uses רוצה + infinitive to say want to do something.

So:

• אני רוצה = I want
• לפנק = to treat / to pamper
• אני רוצה לפנק = I want to treat / pamper

Unlike English, Hebrew does not need a separate word exactly like to between want and the next verb. The infinitive itself is already marked, often with ל־.

לפנק means something like:

• to pamper
• to spoil
• to treat someone
• to indulge someone

In this sentence, the most natural idea is to treat Mom nicely, probably by buying or giving her coffee and cake.

So it has a warm, affectionate tone, not a negative one.

את marks a definite direct object.

Here, אמא is the person receiving the action of לפנק, so she is the direct object:

• לפנק את אמא = to treat Mom

Hebrew uses את before direct objects that are specific or definite.

A key point: את does not mean you here. It is just the direct object marker.

Because definite in Hebrew does not only mean has ה־.

אמא here refers to a specific person: Mom. That makes it definite in meaning, even without ה־.

Family words often work like this in everyday speech:

• אמא = Mom / my mom
• אבא = Dad / my dad

So את אמא is natural because the speaker clearly means a specific mother, not a mother in general.

Hebrew often leaves out שלי when family relationships are obvious from context.

So:

• אמא often means Mom or my mom
• אמא שלי is more explicit: my mom

Both are possible, but אמא by itself is very natural in everyday speech when the meaning is obvious.

Here ב־ does not mean literal location like in. It means something more like:

• with
• by means of
• using

So:

• לפנק מישהו בקפה = to treat someone with coffee
• לפנק מישהו בקפה ובעוגה = to treat someone with coffee and cake

This is a common Hebrew pattern with לפנק.

Because Hebrew attaches short function words directly to the following word.

So ובעוגה is made of:

• ו־ = and
• ב־ = with / in
• עוגה = cake

Together:

• ובעוגה = and with cake

This kind of prefix-stacking is very common in Hebrew.

Because they are not the direct object of the verb.

The direct object is:

• את אמא

But בקפה ובעוגה is a prepositional phrase with ב־. Since קפה and עוגה are inside that phrase, they do not take את.

So the structure is basically:

• I want
• to treat
• Mom
• with coffee and cake

It might be understood, but בקפה ובעוגה is more natural with לפנק.

Hebrew commonly says:

• לפנק מישהו במשהו = to treat/pamper someone with something

Using עם would sound more like simple accompaniment:

• with coffee and cake

But with this verb, ב־ is the more idiomatic choice.

A common pronunciation would be:

Acharei ha-avoda ani rotze / rotza lefanek et ima be-kafe u-ve-uga.

Notes:

• רוצה is rotze if the speaker is male, rotza if female.
• אמא is often pronounced ima.
• עוגה is uga.

The main stress usually falls near the end of each word:

• achaREI
• avoDA
• roTZE / roTZA
• lefaNEK
• iMA
• kaFE
• uGA