אוקיי, אני מחכה ביציע.

Okay, I am waiting in the stand.

Breakdown of אוקיי, אני מחכה ביציע.

• אני: I
• לחכות: to wait
• יציע: spectator stand; seating section
• אוקיי: okay

Questions & Answers about אוקיי, אני מחכה ביציע.

How do you pronounce אוקיי, אני מחכה ביציע?

A rough pronunciation is:

o-kay, a-NEE me-kha-KE ba-ya-TSI-a

A few notes:

• אוקיי = okay
• אני = I
• מחכה has a throaty ח, like the ch in German Bach
• ביציע is usually pronounced ba-yatsi'a here

If the speaker is female, מחכה may be pronounced a little differently in careful speech, which leads to another common question.

Why is there no separate word for am in אני מחכה?

Because Hebrew usually does not use a present-tense form of to be the way English does.

So:

• אני מחכה can mean I wait
• or I am waiting

Hebrew uses the present-tense verb form itself, without an extra word for am.

Is מחכה masculine or feminine here?