טניס
“טניס” (тенис) — tennis in Hebrew. Noun, level A2. Our word, spelled almost the same. The racket — machavet — is a slot in the lesson about the gym, and the court is migrash tenis. In a live sentence: “שנינו משחקים טניס בשבת בבוקר.” — The two of us play tennis on Saturday morning. Written with the characters ט, נ, י, ס. A word from the everyday Hebrew course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Hebrew | טניס |
| Read in Latin letters | тенис |
| Translation | tennis |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Our word, spelled almost the same. The racket — machavet — is a slot in the lesson about the gym, and the court is migrash tenis
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.
- שנינו משחקים טניס בשבת בבוקר.шну месахаким тенис бе-шабат бе-бокер.The two of us play tennis on Saturday morning.
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 “tennis” in Hebrew?
«טניס», read “тенис”. In a live sentence: “שנינו משחקים טניס בשבת בבוקר.” — The two of us play tennis on Saturday morning. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ט, נ, י, ס.
How is “טניס” written in Latin letters?
тенис. 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?
Our word, spelled almost the same. The racket — machavet — is a slot in the lesson about the gym, and the court is migrash tenis. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.