לשפר את התוצאה
“לשפר את התוצאה” (лешафэр эт ха-тоцаа) — to improve the result in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Leshaper — literally to make better — from tov — which you know. The totzaa — the result and the conclusion at once: in science and at the exam one word. In a live sentence: “במבחן השני הוא שיפר את התוצאה.” — At the second exam he improved the result. Written with the characters ל, ש, פ, ר, א, ת, ה, ת, ו, צ, א, ה.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לשפר את התוצאה |
| Read in Latin letters | лешафэр эт ха-тоцаа |
| Translation | to improve the result |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Leshaper — literally to make better — from tov — which you know. The totzaa — the result and the conclusion at once: in science and at the exam one 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.
- במבחן השני הוא שיפר את התוצאה.бе-михан ха-шэни ху шифэр эт ха-тоцаа.At the second exam he improved the result.
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 improve the result” in Hebrew?
«לשפר את התוצאה», read “лешафэр эт ха-тоцаа”. In a live sentence: “במבחן השני הוא שיפר את התוצאה.” — At the second exam he improved the result. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ל, ש, פ, ר, א, ת, ה, ת, ו, צ, א, ה.
How is “לשפר את התוצאה” written in Latin letters?
лешафэр эт ха-тоцаа. 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?
Leshaper — literally to make better — from tov — which you know. The totzaa — the result and the conclusion at once: in science and at the exam one word. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.