לענות על הלוח
“לענות על הלוח” (лаанот аль ха-луах) — to answer at the board in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. English says at the board, Hebrew says on the board: al haluach. You met the board in this same unit, and laanot — to answer — is familiar too. In a live sentence: “המורה קורא לי לענות על הלוח.” — The teacher calls me to answer at the board. Written with the characters ל, ע, נ, ו, ת, ע, ל, ה, ל, ו, ח.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לענות על הלוח |
| Read in Latin letters | лаанот аль ха-луах |
| Translation | to answer at the board |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
English says at the board, Hebrew says on the board: al haluach. You met the board in this same unit, and laanot — to answer — is familiar too
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.
- המורה קורא לי לענות על הלוח.ха-морэ корэ ли лаанот аль ха-луах.The teacher calls me to answer at the board.
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 “to answer at the board” in Hebrew?
«לענות על הלוח», read “лаанот аль ха-луах”. In a live sentence: “המורה קורא לי לענות על הלוח.” — The teacher calls me to answer at the board. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ל, ע, נ, ו, ת, ע, ל, ה, ל, ו, ח.
How is “לענות על הלוח” written in Latin letters?
лаанот аль ха-луах. 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?
English says at the board, Hebrew says on the board: al haluach. You met the board in this same unit, and laanot — to answer — is familiar too. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.