לא מפסיקים לצפות
“לא מפסיקים לצפות” (ло мафсиким лицфот) — cannot stop watching in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Literally they do not stop watching: an impersonal turn about everyone who began. About a book they say lo mafsekim likro — they do not stop reading. In a live sentence: “בסדרה הזאת לא מפסיקים לצפות.” — This series is such that you cannot stop watching. Written with the characters ל, א, מ, פ, ס, י, ק, י, ל, צ, פ, ו…
In short
| Written in Hebrew | לא מפסיקים לצפות |
| Read in Latin letters | ло мафсиким лицфот |
| Translation | cannot stop watching |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally they do not stop watching: an impersonal turn about everyone who began. About a book they say lo mafsekim likro — they do not stop reading
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.
- בסדרה הזאת לא מפסיקים לצפות.бэ-сдара ха-зот ло мафсиким лицфот.This series is such that you cannot stop watching.
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 “cannot stop watching” in Hebrew?
«לא מפסיקים לצפות», read “ло мафсиким лицфот”. In a live sentence: “בסדרה הזאת לא מפסיקים לצפות.” — This series is such that you cannot stop watching. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ל, א, מ, פ, ס, י, ק, י, ל, צ, פ, ו…
How is “לא מפסיקים לצפות” written in Latin letters?
ло мафсиким лицфот. 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?
Literally they do not stop watching: an impersonal turn about everyone who began. About a book they say lo mafsekim likro — they do not stop reading. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.