מעט מאוד
“מעט מאוד” (меат меод) — a tiny bit in Hebrew. Adverb, level A1. You have met meat, little; a tiny bit is the same with a booster: meat meod, literally "little very". Hebrew does not double words the way English says "a tiny little bit". In a live sentence: “אני אוכל מעט מאוד בערב.” — In the evening I eat a tiny bit. Written with the characters מ, ע, ט, מ, א, ו, ד. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מעט מאוד |
| Read in Latin letters | меат меод |
| Translation | a tiny bit |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You have met meat, little; a tiny bit is the same with a booster: meat meod, literally "little very". Hebrew does not double words the way English says "a tiny little bit"
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 אוכל מעט מאוד בערב.ани охэль меат меод ба-эрэв.In the evening I eat a tiny bit.
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 “a tiny bit” in Hebrew?
«מעט מאוד», read “меат меод”. In a live sentence: “אני אוכל מעט מאוד בערב.” — In the evening I eat a tiny bit. Adverb, level A1; written with the characters מ, ע, ט, מ, א, ו, ד.
How is “מעט מאוד” written in Latin letters?
меат меод. 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 have met meat, little; a tiny bit is the same with a booster: meat meod, literally "little very". Hebrew does not double words the way English says "a tiny little bit". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.