להתקין אפליקציה
“להתקין אפליקציה” (леаткин афликация) — to install an app in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Leatekin — to install, to mount: literally to put in place. The aplecasia — the app — is a familiar word. In a live sentence: “אני מתקין אפליקציה חדשה לעברית.” — I am installing a new app for Hebrew. Written with the characters ל, ה, ת, ק, י, א, פ, ל, י, ק, צ, י… A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | להתקין אפליקציה |
| Read in Latin letters | леаткин афликация |
| Translation | to install an app |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Leatekin — to install, to mount: literally to put in place. The aplecasia — the app — is a familiar word
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.
- אני מתקין אפליקציה חדשה לעברית.ани меткин афликация хадаша ле-иврит.I am installing a new app for Hebrew.
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 install an app” in Hebrew?
«להתקין אפליקציה», read “леаткин афликация”. In a live sentence: “אני מתקין אפליקציה חדשה לעברית.” — I am installing a new app for Hebrew. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ל, ה, ת, ק, י, א, פ, ל, י, ק, צ, י…
How is “להתקין אפליקציה” written in Latin letters?
леаткин афликация. 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?
Leatekin — to install, to mount: literally to put in place. The aplecasia — the app — is a familiar word. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.