אני אחכה לך עוד שלוש דקות.

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Breakdown of אני אחכה לך עוד שלוש דקות.

• לחכות: to wait
• עוד: another
• דקה: minute

Questions & Answers about אני אחכה לך עוד שלוש דקות.

How is this sentence pronounced?

Roughly:

Ani akhake lekha od shalosh dakot
if speaking to a man

Ani akhake lakh od shalosh dakot
if speaking to a woman

A few pronunciation notes:

• kh in akhake and lakh is the throaty sound of ח, like the ch in German Bach.
• The stress is usually near the end: akhaKE, daKOT.

What does each word do in the sentence?

Word by word:

• אני = I
• אחכה = will wait
• לך = for you / to you
• עוד = another / more
• שלוש = three
• דקות = minutes

So the structure is basically:

I + will wait + for you + another three minutes

Why is אני included? Doesn’t אחכה already mean I will wait?

Yes. In Hebrew, the verb already tells you the person.

• אחכה by itself already means I will wait
• So אני is optional here

That means both are possible:

• אני אחכה לך עוד שלוש דקות
• אחכה לך עוד שלוש דקות

Including אני can make the sentence a little more explicit or slightly more emphatic, but it is not required.