כמו שאומרים
“כמו שאומרים” (кмо ше-омрим) — as they say in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Literally as they say: inserted in the middle of the phrase — ze, kmo she-omrim, davar yadua — this is, as they say, known. The proverbs are introduced exactly so. In a live sentence: “כמו שאומרים, כסף לא צומח על העץ.” — As they say, money does not grow on trees. Written with the characters כ, מ, ו, ש, א, ו, מ, ר, י.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | כמו שאומרים |
| Read in Latin letters | кмо ше-омрим |
| Translation | as they say |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally as they say: inserted in the middle of the phrase — ze, kmo she-omrim, davar yadua — this is, as they say, known. The proverbs are introduced exactly so
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.
- כמו שאומרים, כסף לא צומח על העץ.кмо ше-омрим, кесэф ло цомэах аль ха-эц.As they say, money does not grow on trees.
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 they say” in Hebrew?
«כמו שאומרים», read “кмо ше-омрим”. In a live sentence: “כמו שאומרים, כסף לא צומח על העץ.” — As they say, money does not grow on trees. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters כ, מ, ו, ש, א, ו, מ, ר, י.
How is “כמו שאומרים” written in Latin letters?
кмо ше-омрим. 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 they say: inserted in the middle of the phrase — ze, kmo she-omrim, davar yadua — this is, as they say, known. The proverbs are introduced exactly so. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.