מגרש כדורגל
“מגרש כדורגל” (мигреш кадурегель) — football pitch in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The migresh is taken by the plot — the land; the football pitch is migresh kaduregel. You know kaduregel — football — literally a leg-ball. In a live sentence: “אנחנו רואים משחק במגרש כדורגל.” — We watch the match at the football pitch. Written with the characters מ, ג, ר, ש, כ, ד, ו, ר, ג, ל. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | מגרש כדורגל |
| Read in Latin letters | мигреш кадурегель |
| Translation | football pitch |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The migresh is taken by the plot — the land; the football pitch is migresh kaduregel. You know kaduregel — football — literally a leg-ball
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.
- אנחנו רואים משחק במגרש כדורגל.анахну роим мишхак ба-мигреш кадурегель.We watch the match at the football pitch.
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 “football pitch” in Hebrew?
«מגרש כדורגל», read “мигреш кадурегель”. In a live sentence: “אנחנו רואים משחק במגרש כדורגל.” — We watch the match at the football pitch. Noun, level A1; written with the characters מ, ג, ר, ש, כ, ד, ו, ר, ג, ל.
How is “מגרש כדורגל” written in Latin letters?
мигреш кадурегель. 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?
The migresh is taken by the plot — the land; the football pitch is migresh kaduregel. You know kaduregel — football — literally a leg-ball. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.