מגזין
“מגזין” (мегазин) — magazine in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. From the English magazine, reads almost the same. A thick magazine with pictures is the best companion of a queue. In a live sentence: “אני קונה מגזין בתחנה.” — I am buying a magazine at the station. Written with the characters מ, ג, ז, י. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מגזין |
| Read in Latin letters | мегазин |
| Translation | magazine |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
From the English magazine, reads almost the same. A thick magazine with pictures is the best companion of a queue
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 קונה מגזין בתחנה.ани коне мегазин ба-тахана.I am buying a magazine at the station.
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 “magazine” in Hebrew?
«מגזין», read “мегазин”. In a live sentence: “אני קונה מגזין בתחנה.” — I am buying a magazine at the station. Noun, level A2; written with the characters מ, ג, ז, י.
How is “מגזין” written in Latin letters?
мегазин. 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?
From the English magazine, reads almost the same. A thick magazine with pictures is the best companion of a queue. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.