רואה את זה עד היום
“רואה את זה עד היום” (роэ эт зэ ад ха-йом) — I see it as if now in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Literally I see it to this day: the familiar ad hayom — to this day — plus lirot — to see. They say it about a frame that stands before the eyes. In a live sentence: “אני רואה את הפנים שלה עד היום.” — I see her face as if it were now. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | רואה את זה עד היום |
| Read in Latin letters | роэ эт зэ ад ха-йом |
| Translation | I see it as if now |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally I see it to this day: the familiar ad hayom — to this day — plus lirot — to see. They say it about a frame that stands before the eyes
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 רואה את הפנים שלה עד היום.ани роэ эт ха-паним шеля ад ха-йом.I see her face as if it were now.
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 “I see it as if now” in Hebrew?
«רואה את זה עד היום», read “роэ эт зэ ад ха-йом”. In a live sentence: “אני רואה את הפנים שלה עד היום.” — I see her face as if it were now. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ר, ו, א, ה, א, ת, ז, ה, ע, ד, ה, י…
How is “רואה את זה עד היום” written in Latin letters?
роэ эт зэ ад ха-йом. 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 I see it to this day: the familiar ad hayom — to this day — plus lirot — to see. They say it about a frame that stands before the eyes. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.