ג'ונגל
“ג'ונגל” (джунгель) — jungle in Hebrew. Noun, level B1. Hebrew keeps the singular where the English has the plural: the jungle is dense — not dense in the plural. In a live sentence: “בג'ונגל יש גשם כל יום.” — In the jungle there is rain every day. Written with the characters ג, ו, נ, ג, ל. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | ג'ונגל |
| Read in Latin letters | джунгель |
| Translation | jungle |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Hebrew keeps the singular where the English has the plural: the jungle is dense — not dense in the plural
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.
- בג'ונגל יש גשם כל יום.ба-джунгель йеш гешем коль йом.In the jungle there is rain every day.
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 “jungle” in Hebrew?
«ג'ונגל», read “джунгель”. In a live sentence: “בג'ונגל יש גשם כל יום.” — In the jungle there is rain every day. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ג, ו, נ, ג, ל.
How is “ג'ונגל” written in Latin letters?
джунгель. 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?
Hebrew keeps the singular where the English has the plural: the jungle is dense — not dense in the plural. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.