الاستراحة المدرسية
“الاستراحة المدرسية” (аль-истирааха аль-мадрасийя) — school break in Arabic. Noun, level A1. You met the school break through fusha in an earlier lesson; here it goes through the familiar ustiraaha — the school recess. After the lesson — a look into the yard. In a live sentence: “الاستراحة المدرسية بعد الحصة” — The break is after the lesson. Written with the characters ا, ل, ا, س, ت, ر, ا, ح, ة, ا, ل, م… A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | الاستراحة المدرسية |
| Read in Latin letters | аль-истирааха аль-мадрасийя |
| Translation | school break |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You met the school break through fusha in an earlier lesson; here it goes through the familiar ustiraaha — the school recess. After the lesson — a look into the yard
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- الاستراحة المدرسية بعد الحصةаль-истирааха аль-мадрасийя баʿд аль-хиссаThe break is after the lesson
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “school break” in Arabic?
«الاستراحة المدرسية», read “аль-истирааха аль-мадрасийя”. In a live sentence: “الاستراحة المدرسية بعد الحصة” — The break is after the lesson. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ا, ل, ا, س, ت, ر, ا, ح, ة, ا, ل, م…
How is “الاستراحة المدرسية” written in Latin letters?
аль-истирааха аль-мадрасийя. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
You met the school break through fusha in an earlier lesson; here it goes through the familiar ustiraaha — the school recess. After the lesson — a look into the yard. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.