נא לא להפריע
“נא לא להפריע” (на ло леафриа) — do not disturb in Hebrew. Phrase, level A1. Literally "please do not disturb": the sign is written with the infinitive, not with a command. Lehafria — to disturb — you know. In a live sentence: “על הדלת יש נא לא להפריע.” — The do-not-disturb sign is on the door. Written with the characters נ, א, ל, א, ל, ה, פ, ר, י, ע. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | נא לא להפריע |
| Read in Latin letters | на ло леафриа |
| Translation | do not disturb |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "please do not disturb": the sign is written with the infinitive, not with a command. Lehafria — to disturb — you know
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.
- על הדלת יש נא לא להפריע.аль ха-делет йеш на ло леафриа.The do-not-disturb sign is on the door.
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 “do not disturb” in Hebrew?
«נא לא להפריע», read “на ло леафриа”. In a live sentence: “על הדלת יש נא לא להפריע.” — The do-not-disturb sign is on the door. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters נ, א, ל, א, ל, ה, פ, ר, י, ע.
How is “נא לא להפריע” written in Latin letters?
на ло леафриа. 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 "please do not disturb": the sign is written with the infinitive, not with a command. Lehafria — to disturb — you know. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.