אני מרגיש יותר טוב
“אני מרגיש יותר טוב” (ани маргиш йотэр тов) — I feel better in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. Yoter tov — better, literally more good: that is the answer to the question about one's state. The pair to I feel bad, from this same lesson. In a live sentence: “אחרי התרופה אני מרגיש יותר טוב.” — After the medicine I feel better. Written with the characters א, נ, י, מ, ר, ג, י, ש, י, ו, ת, ר…
In short
| Written in Hebrew | אני מרגיש יותר טוב |
| Read in Latin letters | ани маргиш йотэр тов |
| Translation | I feel better |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Yoter tov — better, literally more good: that is the answer to the question about one's state. The pair to I feel bad, from this same lesson
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.
- אחרי התרופה אני מרגיש יותר טוב.ахарей ха-труфа ани маргиш йотэр тов.After the medicine I feel better.
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 “I feel better” in Hebrew?
«אני מרגיש יותר טוב», read “ани маргиш йотэр тов”. In a live sentence: “אחרי התרופה אני מרגיש יותר טוב.” — After the medicine I feel better. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters א, נ, י, מ, ר, ג, י, ש, י, ו, ת, ר…
How is “אני מרגיש יותר טוב” written in Latin letters?
ани маргиш йотэр тов. 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?
Yoter tov — better, literally more good: that is the answer to the question about one's state. The pair to I feel bad, from this same lesson. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.