קרנבל
“קרנבל” (карнавал) — carnival in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. In Israel the carnival is called Purim — the day of the costumed: everybody dresses up, from children to grandmothers, and it is the noisiest custom of the year. In a live sentence: “קרנבל בגן הילדים.” — A carnival at the kindergarten. Written with the characters ק, ר, נ, ב, ל. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | קרנבל |
| Read in Latin letters | карнавал |
| Translation | carnival |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
In Israel the carnival is called Purim — the day of the costumed: everybody dresses up, from children to grandmothers, and it is the noisiest custom of the year
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.
- קרנבל בגן הילדים.карнавал ба-ган ха-йеладим.A carnival at the kindergarten.
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 “carnival” in Hebrew?
«קרנבל», read “карнавал”. In a live sentence: “קרנבל בגן הילדים.” — A carnival at the kindergarten. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ק, ר, נ, ב, ל.
How is “קרנבל” written in Latin letters?
карнавал. 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?
In Israel the carnival is called Purim — the day of the costumed: everybody dresses up, from children to grandmothers, and it is the noisiest custom of the year. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.