לרכוב על אופניים
“לרכוב על אופניים” (лирхов аль офанаим) — to ride a bicycle in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. You know ofanaim — the bicycle; always plural — there are two wheels. One rides it astride: lirkov — as on a horse. In a live sentence: “אני אוהב לרכוב על אופניים בפארק.” — I love riding my bicycle in the park. Written with the characters ל, ר, כ, ו, ב, ע, ל, א, ו, פ, נ, י… A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לרכוב על אופניים |
| Read in Latin letters | лирхов аль офанаим |
| Translation | to ride a bicycle |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You know ofanaim — the bicycle; always plural — there are two wheels. One rides it astride: lirkov — as on a horse
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 אוהב לרכוב על אופניים בפארק.ани охев лирхов аль офанаим ба-парк.I love riding my bicycle in the park.
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 ride a bicycle” in Hebrew?
«לרכוב על אופניים», read “лирхов аль офанаим”. In a live sentence: “אני אוהב לרכוב על אופניים בפארק.” — I love riding my bicycle in the park. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ל, ר, כ, ו, ב, ע, ל, א, ו, פ, נ, י…
How is “לרכוב על אופניים” written in Latin letters?
лирхов аль офанаим. 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?
You know ofanaim — the bicycle; always plural — there are two wheels. One rides it astride: lirkov — as on a horse. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.