לשאול שוב
“לשאול שוב” (лишоль шув) — to ask again in Hebrew. Verb, level B1. There is no single verb for it: the prefix Hebrew unfolds into ask again. The same lisdaber shuv — to say again. In a live sentence: “אני לא הבנתי, אשאל שוב.” — I did not understand, I will ask again. Written with the characters ל, ש, א, ו, ל, ש, ו, ב. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לשאול שוב |
| Read in Latin letters | лишоль шув |
| Translation | to ask again |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
There is no single verb for it: the prefix Hebrew unfolds into ask again. The same lisdaber shuv — to say again
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 לא הבנתי, אשאל שוב.ани ло хаванти, ашоль шув.I did not understand, I will ask again.
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 ask again” in Hebrew?
«לשאול שוב», read “лишоль шув”. In a live sentence: “אני לא הבנתי, אשאל שוב.” — I did not understand, I will ask again. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ל, ש, א, ו, ל, ש, ו, ב.
How is “לשאול שוב” written in Latin letters?
лишоль шув. 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?
There is no single verb for it: the prefix Hebrew unfolds into ask again. The same lisdaber shuv — to say again. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.