מכונת קפה
“מכונת קפה” (мехонат кафе) — coffee machine in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. Literally "the machine of coffee". The mechona — the machine — in general you know, and the coffee for a long time; the morning starts with this pair. In a live sentence: “מכונת קפה חדשה במטבח.” — The new coffee machine is in the kitchen. Written with the characters מ, כ, ו, נ, ת, ק, פ, ה. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מכונת קפה |
| Read in Latin letters | мехонат кафе |
| Translation | coffee machine |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the machine of coffee". The mechona — the machine — in general you know, and the coffee for a long time; the morning starts with this pair
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.
- מכונת קפה חדשה במטבח.мехонат кафе хадаша бе-митбах.The new coffee machine is in the kitchen.
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 “coffee machine” in Hebrew?
«מכונת קפה», read “мехонат кафе”. In a live sentence: “מכונת קפה חדשה במטבח.” — The new coffee machine is in the kitchen. Noun, level A1; written with the characters מ, כ, ו, נ, ת, ק, פ, ה.
How is “מכונת קפה” written in Latin letters?
мехонат кафе. 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 "the machine of coffee". The mechona — the machine — in general you know, and the coffee for a long time; the morning starts with this pair. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.