שיחת וידאו
“שיחת וידאו” (сихат видео) — video call in Hebrew. Noun, level A1. The siha is taken by the call; the video call is the call of video — two familiar words in a chain. The parents call it we see each other. In a live sentence: “אני רואה את החבר בשיחת וידאו.” — I see my friend in the video call. Written with the characters ש, י, ח, ת, ו, י, ד, א, ו. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | שיחת וידאו |
| Read in Latin letters | сихат видео |
| Translation | video call |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The siha is taken by the call; the video call is the call of video — two familiar words in a chain. The parents call it we see each other
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 החבר בשיחת וידאו.ани роэ эт ха-хавэр бе-сихат видео.I see my friend in the video call.
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 “video call” in Hebrew?
«שיחת וידאו», read “сихат видео”. In a live sentence: “אני רואה את החבר בשיחת וידאו.” — I see my friend in the video call. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ש, י, ח, ת, ו, י, ד, א, ו.
How is “שיחת וידאו” written in Latin letters?
сихат видео. 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 siha is taken by the call; the video call is the call of video — two familiar words in a chain. The parents call it we see each other. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.