כפי שאני יודע
“כפי שאני יודע” (к-ифей ше-ани йодэа) — as far as I know in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Literally as I know: kifei — as far as, within measure. A modest aside: I do not fully vouch for what is said. In a live sentence: “כפי שאני יודע, המבחן ביום רביעי.” — As far as I know, the test is on Wednesday. Written with the characters כ, פ, י, ש, א, נ, י, י, ו, ד, ע. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | כפי שאני יודע |
| Read in Latin letters | к-ифей ше-ани йодэа |
| Translation | as far as I know |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally as I know: kifei — as far as, within measure. A modest aside: I do not fully vouch for what is said
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.
- כפי שאני יודע, המבחן ביום רביעי.к-ифей ше-ани йодэа, ха-мивхан бэ-йом ревии.As far as I know, the test is on Wednesday.
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 “as far as I know” in Hebrew?
«כפי שאני יודע», read “к-ифей ше-ани йодэа”. In a live sentence: “כפי שאני יודע, המבחן ביום רביעי.” — As far as I know, the test is on Wednesday. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters כ, פ, י, ש, א, נ, י, י, ו, ד, ע.
How is “כפי שאני יודע” written in Latin letters?
к-ифей ше-ани йодэа. 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 as I know: kifei — as far as, within measure. A modest aside: I do not fully vouch for what is said. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.