תן לי לדבר
“תן לי לדבר” (тэн ли ледабэр) — let me speak in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. Hebrew asks give, not allow: ten li ledaber. Politely to several — tenu. In a live sentence: “תן לי לדבר, אני אסביר.” — Let me speak, I will explain. Written with the characters ת, ל, י, ל, ד, ב, ר. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | תן לי לדבר |
| Read in Latin letters | тэн ли ледабэр |
| Translation | let me speak |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Hebrew asks give, not allow: ten li ledaber. Politely to several — tenu
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.
- תן לי לדבר, אני אסביר.тэн ли ледабэр, ани асбир.Let me speak, I will explain.
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 “let me speak” in Hebrew?
«תן לי לדבר», read “тэн ли ледабэр”. In a live sentence: “תן לי לדבר, אני אסביר.” — Let me speak, I will explain. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ת, ל, י, ל, ד, ב, ר.
How is “תן לי לדבר” written in Latin letters?
тэн ли ледабэр. 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?
Hebrew asks give, not allow: ten li ledaber. Politely to several — tenu. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.