Oct 19, 2026, 1:41 AMI’m certainly no expert but I believe I’ve heard אני לא רוצה more commonly than אינני רוצה though AFAIK either would be okay.
Native speakers are free to correct me.
- Oct 19, 2026, 1:41 AM
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Oct 19, 2026, 2:00 AM@escott @hebrewbyinbal Yes, "ani lo rotse" won out, but the grammarians insisted on "eneni rotse."
- Oct 19, 2026, 4:37 AM
Interesting. I am usually pretty scrupulous about grammar (for example, every time somebody says ״הבית-ספר״ I want to drive knitting needles through my ears) but this is a new one for me.