שכר מינימום
“שכר מינימום” (сахар минимум) — the minimum wage in Hebrew. Noun, level B1. Sachar is both wages and payment in general: sachar chenaia — the parking fee. The minimum you recognize at once — a word from our latitudes. In a live sentence: “שכר המינימום גבוה יותר השנה.” — The minimum wage is higher this year. Written with the characters ש, כ, ר, מ, י, נ, י, מ, ו. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | שכר מינימום |
| Read in Latin letters | сахар минимум |
| Translation | the minimum wage |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Sachar is both wages and payment in general: sachar chenaia — the parking fee. The minimum you recognize at once — a word from our latitudes
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.
- שכר המינימום גבוה יותר השנה.сахар ха-минимум гавоа йотэр ха-шана.The minimum wage is higher this year.
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 “the minimum wage” in Hebrew?
«שכר מינימום», read “сахар минимум”. In a live sentence: “שכר המינימום גבוה יותר השנה.” — The minimum wage is higher this year. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ש, כ, ר, מ, י, נ, י, מ, ו.
How is “שכר מינימום” written in Latin letters?
сахар минимум. 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?
Sachar is both wages and payment in general: sachar chenaia — the parking fee. The minimum you recognize at once — a word from our latitudes. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.