כרטיס עלייה למטוס
“כרטיס עלייה למטוס” (картис алия ла-матос) — boarding pass in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. Literally "the card of ascent onto the plane": the aliyah is the same ascent as in immigration. It is exactly this that is asked for at the gate. In a live sentence: “הכרטיס עלייה למטוס כאן.” — The boarding pass is here. Written with the characters כ, ר, ט, י, ס, ע, ל, י, י, ה, ל, מ… A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | כרטיס עלייה למטוס |
| Read in Latin letters | картис алия ла-матос |
| Translation | boarding pass |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the card of ascent onto the plane": the aliyah is the same ascent as in immigration. It is exactly this that is asked for at the gate
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.
- הכרטיס עלייה למטוס כאן.ха-картис алия ла-матос кан.The boarding pass is here.
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 “boarding pass” in Hebrew?
«כרטיס עלייה למטוס», read “картис алия ла-матос”. In a live sentence: “הכרטיס עלייה למטוס כאן.” — The boarding pass is here. Noun, level A2; written with the characters כ, ר, ט, י, ס, ע, ל, י, י, ה, ל, מ…
How is “כרטיס עלייה למטוס” written in Latin letters?
картис алия ла-матос. 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?
Literally "the card of ascent onto the plane": the aliyah is the same ascent as in immigration. It is exactly this that is asked for at the gate. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.