שמעתי שכביכול
“שמעתי שכביכול” (шамати ше-квиху) — I heard that supposedly in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. A double mark of someone else's words: shamati — I heard — plus kvichu — so to speak, supposedly. After this they speak about what they did not check themselves. In a live sentence: “שמעתי שכביכול מכר את הבית.” — I heard that he supposedly sold the house. Written with the characters ש, מ, ע, ת, י, ש, כ, ב, י, כ, ו, ל.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | שמעתי שכביכול |
| Read in Latin letters | шамати ше-квиху |
| Translation | I heard that supposedly |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
A double mark of someone else's words: shamati — I heard — plus kvichu — so to speak, supposedly. After this they speak about what they did not check themselves
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.
- שמעתי שכביכול מכר את הבית.шамати ше-квиху махар эт ха-баит.I heard that he supposedly sold the house.
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 heard that supposedly” in Hebrew?
«שמעתי שכביכול», read “шамати ше-квиху”. In a live sentence: “שמעתי שכביכול מכר את הבית.” — I heard that he supposedly sold the house. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ש, מ, ע, ת, י, ש, כ, ב, י, כ, ו, ל.
How is “שמעתי שכביכול” written in Latin letters?
шамати ше-квиху. 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?
A double mark of someone else's words: shamati — I heard — plus kvichu — so to speak, supposedly. After this they speak about what they did not check themselves. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.