אני רוצה לדבר עם עמית מהמחלקה שלי.

Because Hebrew uses the infinitive form לדבר to mean to speak / to talk.

• אני רוצה = I want
• לדבר = to speak / to talk

This is very similar to English want to speak.

The ל־ at the beginning of לדבר is a normal part of the Hebrew infinitive, and it often corresponds to English to.

לדבר means to speak or to talk.

It comes from the root ד־ב־ר, which is related to speaking.
The form לדבר is the infinitive.

A learner may notice that the root has a ב, but the infinitive has מדבר / לדבר-type patterns in other forms. That is normal in Hebrew: roots are placed into patterns, and the pattern changes the final form of the word.

For example:

• לדבר = to speak
• מדבר = speaking / speaks
• דיבר = he spoke

So you do not translate word by word mechanically; you learn the verb pattern.

עם means with, so לדבר עם literally means to speak with.

In Hebrew, this is a very common way to say that you want to talk to someone:

• אני רוצה לדבר עם דנה = I want to speak with Dana
• הוא דיבר עם המורה = He spoke with the teacher

In natural English, we often say speak to someone, but Hebrew commonly uses עם in this kind of sentence.

Yes, sometimes, but עם is the most natural and common choice here.

Some possibilities:

• לדבר עם = to speak with / talk to
• לדבר אל = to speak to, often more formal or literary
• לדבר ל־ = can occur in colloquial Hebrew, but it is not the best basic form for learners to copy first

So for everyday Hebrew, לדבר עם is an excellent pattern to learn.

It can be either.

• עמית can be the name Amit
• עמית can also mean colleague, associate, or peer

Because modern Hebrew usually does not use capital letters the way English does, עמית looks the same whether it is a person’s name or a common noun.

So the meaning depends on context.

For example:

• אני רוצה לדבר עם עמית מהמחלקה שלי could mean I want to speak with Amit from my department
• In another context, עמית could mean a colleague

If the meaning has already been given to the learner, then context has already resolved that ambiguity.

Yes and no. The מ־ means from, but in Hebrew it is usually attached directly to the following word.

So:

• מ־ = from
• המחלקה = the department

Together:

• מהמחלקה = from the department

This is very common in Hebrew. Prepositions like ב־ (in), ל־ (to/for), and מ־ (from) are often attached to the next word.

Because the phrase means from the department, not just from a department.

Compare:

• ממחלקה = from a department
• מהמחלקה = from the department

The ה is the definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• מחלקה = department
• המחלקה = the department
• מהמחלקה = from the department

שלי means mine / my in possessive phrases.

Hebrew often expresses possession with של:

• הספר שלי = my book / the book of mine
• המחלקה שלי = my department

So מהמחלקה שלי literally looks like from the department of mine, but in natural English we say from my department.

This is a very common structure in Hebrew, and learners should get used to it early.

Because in standard Hebrew, the possessed noun normally comes first, and שלי comes after it.

So the normal pattern is:

• הספר שלי = my book
• המורה שלי = my teacher
• המחלקה שלי = my department

Putting שלי first would sound unnatural in ordinary usage.

In unpointed Hebrew writing, it does not clearly show it.

The form רוצה can represent:

• masculine pronunciation: רוצה = rotze
• feminine pronunciation: רוצה = rotza

So both a man and a woman may write:

• אני רוצה

But they pronounce רוצה differently.

This is a very important feature of Hebrew: without vowel marks, some gender differences are not visible in writing.

The verb would need to agree with the subject.

For example:

• אני רוצה לדבר... = I want to speak...
• אנחנו רוצים לדבר... = We want to speak... (masculine or mixed group)
• אנחנו רוצות לדבר... = We want to speak... (all feminine group)

So Hebrew verbs in the present tense agree with number and gender.

Because Hebrew expresses that relationship with the preposition עם.

English can say:

• speak to Amit
• speak with Amit

Hebrew commonly chooses:

• לדבר עם עמית

So you should not expect Hebrew prepositions to match English one-for-one. The meaning is what matters, not a literal preposition match.

Somewhat, but the given order is very natural.

Standard order here is:

• אני = I
• רוצה = want
• לדבר = to speak
• עם עמית = with Amit
• מהמחלקה שלי = from my department

You could move parts around for emphasis, but for a learner, this version is the safest and most neutral.

For example, עם עמית and מהמחלקה שלי stay together naturally because they describe whom you want to speak with.

Yes. מחלקה can mean department, but in some contexts it can also mean division, ward, or section.

For example:

• in a company: department
• in a hospital: ward
• in an organization: division

So the exact English translation depends on context, even though the Hebrew word is the same.

A very literal breakdown is:

• אני = I
• רוצה = want
• לדבר = to speak
• עם = with
• עמית = Amit / colleague
• מהמחלקה = from the department
• שלי = my / of mine

So the whole sentence is structurally something like:

I want to speak with Amit / a colleague from my department.

Or, more literally:

I want to speak with Amit from the department of mine.

That last version is not natural English, but it helps show how the Hebrew is built.