אני רוצה לקבל תשובה סופית עד יום חמישי, כדי שנוכל לקבוע את המועד.

Because רוצה means want, and Hebrew usually follows it with an infinitive when you want to say want to do something.

• אני רוצה = I want
• לקבל = to receive / to get

So:

• אני רוצה לקבל תשובה = I want to receive an answer

If you said אני רוצה תשובה, that would mean I want an answer, which is also correct, but slightly less explicit. The sentence you were given emphasizes the action of receiving the answer.

לקבל is the infinitive, meaning to receive / to get.

In Hebrew, infinitives often begin with ל־, which usually corresponds to English to before a verb.

Examples:

• לאכול = to eat
• ללכת = to go
• לקבוע = to set / to schedule / to determine
• לקבל = to receive

So in this sentence, רוצה לקבל literally works like wants to receive.

Hebrew verbs and participle-like present forms often reflect gender and number, but not always person the way English does.

Here, רוצה is the present-tense form used with:

• אני for a male speaker: אני רוצה
• אני for a female speaker would usually be אני רוצה? Actually for a female speaker it is אני רוצה in writing without vowels? No — the correct feminine form is רוצה? In standard spelling the masculine is רוצה and the feminine is also written רוצה, but they are pronounced differently only with vowels? Let's clarify carefully.

In unpointed Hebrew:

• masculine singular: רוצה
• feminine singular: רוצה

They are spelled the same, but with vowels they differ:

• masculine: rotze
• feminine: rotza

So אני רוצה can mean either:

• I want (said by a man)
• I want (said by a woman)

You understand the gender from context or pronunciation.

Literally, it means a final answer.

• תשובה = answer
• סופית = final (feminine singular)

The adjective סופית has to agree with תשובה, which is a feminine singular noun.

Compare:

• תשובה סופית = a final answer
• מסמך סופי = a final document

Here סופי changes to סופית because מסמך is masculine but תשובה is feminine.

There is no single rule that always tells you, but תשובה is a feminine noun, and the sentence shows this because the adjective is feminine too: סופית.

A very common clue is the ending ־ה or ־ת, which often marks feminine nouns, though not always.

So:

• תשובה = feminine
• therefore final answer = תשובה סופית, not תשובה סופי

In this sentence, עד יום חמישי means by Thursday or until Thursday, depending on context. In English, by Thursday is the most natural translation here.

• עד = until / up to / by
• יום חמישי = Thursday or literally the fifth day

Since the speaker wants the answer no later than Thursday, English usually says by Thursday.

Examples:

• אני אחכה עד מחר = I will wait until tomorrow
• אני צריך את זה עד מחר = I need it by tomorrow

So the exact English word depends on the situation.

Both are possible, but they mean slightly different things.

• עד יום חמישי = by/until Thursday
• ביום חמישי = on Thursday

In this sentence, the idea is a deadline, so עד יום חמישי is the natural choice.

Compare:

• ניפגש ביום חמישי = We’ll meet on Thursday
• אני צריך תשובה עד יום חמישי = I need an answer by Thursday

כדי ש־ means so that or in order that.

It introduces a purpose clause: the reason for wanting the final answer by Thursday.

So the structure is:

• כדי = in order to / so that
• ש־ = that
• נוכל = we will be able / we can

Together:

• כדי שנוכל לקבוע את המועד = so that we can set the date/time

This is a very common Hebrew structure.

Compare:

• אני לומד כדי להצליח = I study in order to succeed
• אני שולח הודעה כדי שתדע = I’m sending a message so that you’ll know

Because the conjunction ש־ is a prefix in Hebrew and attaches directly to the next word.

So:

• ש = that
• נוכל = we can / we will be able
• שנוכל = that we can / so that we can

This is extremely common in Hebrew. Other attached prefixes work the same way, such as:

• ו־ = and
• ב־ = in / on
• ל־ = to
• כ־ = as / like
• ש־ = that / which

נוכל is the future tense of יכול (can / be able to), first person plural: we will be able.

So literally:

• כדי שנוכל לקבוע = so that we will be able to set

But in natural English, this is usually translated as:

• so that we can set or
• so that we’ll be able to set

Hebrew often uses the future after ש־ in places where English may simply use can.

Because נוכל means we will be able, and after can / be able to, Hebrew usually uses an infinitive for the main action.

So:

• נוכל = we will be able
• לקבוע = to set / to schedule / to determine

Together:

• נוכל לקבוע = we will be able to set / schedule

This is parallel to English:

• we can decide
• we are able to decide

In this sentence, לקבוע means something like to set, to schedule, or to decide on.

The exact translation depends on context:

• לקבוע פגישה = to schedule a meeting
• לקבוע תור = to set an appointment
• לקבוע מועד = to set / fix / determine a date or time

So here, לקבוע את המועד means deciding the specific time/date/appointment.

מועד is broader than תאריך.

• תאריך = date in the calendar sense
• מועד = appointed time / occasion / date / timing

So לקבוע את המועד can mean:

• set the date
• fix the time
• determine the timing

If the speaker means not just the calendar date, but the planned occasion or scheduled time more generally, מועד is a good choice.

את marks a definite direct object.

Since המועד means the date/time/appointment, it is definite because of ה־ (the). In Hebrew, a definite direct object usually takes את.

So:

• לקבוע מועד = to set a date/time (indefinite)
• לקבוע את המועד = to set the date/time (definite)

Important: את usually is not translated into English. It is a grammatical marker, not a separate meaning like with here.

Hebrew word order is often flexible, but this sentence is very natural and follows a common pattern:

אני רוצה לקבל תשובה סופית עד יום חמישי, כדי שנוכל לקבוע את המועד.

Breakdown:

1. אני רוצה לקבל = I want to receive
2. תשובה סופית = a final answer
3. עד יום חמישי = by Thursday
4. כדי שנוכל לקבוע את המועד = so that we can set the date/time

This is close to English word order, but Hebrew tends to build phrases in compact blocks and often uses infinitives where English does too.

A natural pronunciation would be:

Ani rotze lekabel teshuva sofit ad yom chamishi, k'dei she-nukhal likboa et ha-mo'ed.

If the speaker is female, the first part would be pronounced: Ani rotza lekabel...

A few pronunciation notes:

• חמישי = chamishi with the ch sound as in German Bach or Scottish loch
• כדי is often pronounced k'dei, with a reduced first vowel in normal speech
• מועד is mo’ed, with a slight break between the vowels

Yes, but the meaning changes slightly.

• כדי שנוכל לקבוע את המועד = so that we can set the date/time
• כדי לקבוע את המועד = in order to set the date/time

The original sentence emphasizes our ability to do it once we get the answer. Without שנוכל, it sounds more direct and a little less explicit about that step.

So both are grammatical, but the original version is more precise: we need the final answer by Thursday so that we’ll be able to set the date/time.