אני אחכה לך עוד שלוש דקות.

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.

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

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.

אחכה is:

• future tense
• first person singular
• from the verb לחכות = to wait

So:

• אני אחכה = I will wait
• אתה תחכה = you (masc. sg.) will wait
• את תחכי = you (fem. sg.) will wait

Hebrew future verbs change according to person, number, and sometimes gender.

Because the Hebrew verb לחכות normally takes ל־ before the person you are waiting for.

So Hebrew says, literally, something like:

• wait to/for someone

Examples:

• אני מחכה לך = I’m waiting for you
• הוא חיכה לי = he waited for me

So אחכה לך is correct, while אחכה אותך would not be the normal standard phrasing.

In unpointed Hebrew, לך can mean either one.

With vowel marks:

• לְךָ = to/for you when speaking to a man, pronounced lekha
• לָךְ = to/for you when speaking to a woman, pronounced lakh

So the written sentence אני אחכה לך עוד שלוש דקות can fit either situation. You know which one is meant from context or speech.

Here עוד means another / more.

So:

• עוד שלוש דקות = another three minutes / three more minutes

This word is very common and can mean slightly different things in different contexts, such as more, another, or still, but in this sentence the meaning is clearly three more minutes.

A very useful contrast:

• עוד שלוש דקות = for another three minutes
• בעוד שלוש דקות = in three minutes

That little ב־ changes the meaning a lot.

Because דקה is a feminine noun, and Hebrew numbers agree with the noun’s gender.

For 3–10:

• feminine nouns take forms like שלוש, ארבע, חמש
• masculine nouns take forms like שלושה, ארבעה, חמישה

So:

• שלוש דקות = three minutes because דקה is feminine
• שלושה ימים = three days because יום is masculine

This is one of the most important number patterns in Hebrew.

Because with numbers from three and up, Hebrew normally uses the plural noun.

Examples:

• דקה אחת = one minute
• שתי דקות = two minutes
• שלוש דקות = three minutes

So דקות is exactly what you expect after שלוש.

A little, yes.

Very natural versions include:

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

You may also hear:

• אני אחכה עוד שלוש דקות if for you is already understood from context
• אני אחכה לך שלוש דקות נוספות = a slightly more formal or careful way to say another three minutes

But the original word order is very natural and everyday.

Because the sentence expresses a decision or promise about what the speaker will do from now on.

• אחכה = I will wait
• מחכה = waiting / am waiting

So:

• אני אחכה לך עוד שלוש דקות = I’ll wait for you three more minutes
• אני מחכה לך = I’m waiting for you

In spoken Hebrew, present tense can sometimes sound future-like in the right context, but אחכה is the clearest and most direct form here.