לכאן או לקחת
“לכאן או לקחת” (ле-кан о лакахат) — for here or to go? in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. Lekan is to here, from the kan you know; lakachat, to take, is the same root as to take — takeaway literally means to take. In a live sentence: “קפה לכאן או לקחת?” — Coffee for here or to go? Written with the characters ל, כ, א, א, ו, ל, ק, ח, ת. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לכאן או לקחת |
| Read in Latin letters | ле-кан о лакахат |
| Translation | for here or to go? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Lekan is to here, from the kan you know; lakachat, to take, is the same root as to take — takeaway literally means to take
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.
- קפה לכאן או לקחת?кафе ле-кан о лакахат?Coffee for here or to go?
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 “for here or to go?” in Hebrew?
«לכאן או לקחת», read “ле-кан о лакахат”. In a live sentence: “קפה לכאן או לקחת?” — Coffee for here or to go? Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ל, כ, א, א, ו, ל, ק, ח, ת.
How is “לכאן או לקחת” written in Latin letters?
ле-кан о лакахат. 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?
Lekan is to here, from the kan you know; lakachat, to take, is the same root as to take — takeaway literally means to take. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.