מאז שאני זוכר
“מאז שאני זוכר” (мэ-аз ше-ани зохер) — in my memory in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Literally since I remember: the familiar me-az — since then — plus zocher from lizkor — to remember. Then comes a whole phrase about since when. In a live sentence: “מאז שאני זוכר, לא הייתה כאן הצפה כזאת.” — In my memory there has been no such flood here. Written with the characters מ, א, ז, ש, א, נ, י, ז, ו, כ, ר.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מאז שאני זוכר |
| Read in Latin letters | мэ-аз ше-ани зохер |
| Translation | in my memory |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally since I remember: the familiar me-az — since then — plus zocher from lizkor — to remember. Then comes a whole phrase about since when
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.
- מאז שאני זוכר, לא הייתה כאן הצפה כזאת.мэ-аз ше-ани зохер, ло хайта кан хецафа казот.In my memory there has been no such flood here.
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 “in my memory” in Hebrew?
«מאז שאני זוכר», read “мэ-аз ше-ани зохер”. In a live sentence: “מאז שאני זוכר, לא הייתה כאן הצפה כזאת.” — In my memory there has been no such flood here. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters מ, א, ז, ש, א, נ, י, ז, ו, כ, ר.
How is “מאז שאני זוכר” written in Latin letters?
мэ-аз ше-ани зохер. 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 since I remember: the familiar me-az — since then — plus zocher from lizkor — to remember. Then comes a whole phrase about since when. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.