לשמור על קשר
“לשמור על קשר” (лишмор аль кешер) — to keep in touch in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Kesher is the connection between people, while klita — the reception of a signal — was already in the phone. The connection is kept, like things: lishmor. In a live sentence: “אנחנו שומרים על קשר עם הדודה מחוץ לארץ.” — We keep in touch with the aunt abroad. Written with the characters ל, ש, מ, ו, ר, ע, ל, ק, ש, ר.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לשמור על קשר |
| Read in Latin letters | лишмор аль кешер |
| Translation | to keep in touch |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Kesher is the connection between people, while klita — the reception of a signal — was already in the phone. The connection is kept, like things: lishmor
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.
- אנחנו שומרים על קשר עם הדודה מחוץ לארץ.анахну шомрим аль кешер им ха-дода ме-хуц ле-арец.We keep in touch with the aunt abroad.
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 keep in touch” in Hebrew?
«לשמור על קשר», read “лишмор аль кешер”. In a live sentence: “אנחנו שומרים על קשר עם הדודה מחוץ לארץ.” — We keep in touch with the aunt abroad. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ל, ש, מ, ו, ר, ע, ל, ק, ש, ר.
How is “לשמור על קשר” written in Latin letters?
лишмор аль кешер. 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?
Kesher is the connection between people, while klita — the reception of a signal — was already in the phone. The connection is kept, like things: lishmor. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.