יש לי אלרגיה לאגוזים
“יש לי אלרגיה לאגוזים” (йеш ли алергиа ле-эгозим) — I am allergic to nuts in Hebrew. Phrase, level B1. You already knew the word allergy; here it is with the preposition le- — allergic to. The egozim — nuts — in general. In a live sentence: “יש לי אלרגיה לאגוזים, בבקשה בלי.” — I am allergic to nuts — please, without them. Written with the characters י, ש, ל, י, א, ל, ר, ג, י, ה, ל, א…
In short
| Written in Hebrew | יש לי אלרגיה לאגוזים |
| Read in Latin letters | йеш ли алергиа ле-эгозим |
| Translation | I am allergic to nuts |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
You already knew the word allergy; here it is with the preposition le- — allergic to. The egozim — nuts — in general
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.
- יש לי אלרגיה לאגוזים, בבקשה בלי.йеш ли алергиа ле-эгозим, бевакаша бли.I am allergic to nuts — please, without them.
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 am allergic to nuts” in Hebrew?
«יש לי אלרגיה לאגוזים», read “йеш ли алергиа ле-эгозим”. In a live sentence: “יש לי אלרגיה לאגוזים, בבקשה בלי.” — I am allergic to nuts — please, without them. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters י, ש, ל, י, א, ל, ר, ג, י, ה, ל, א…
How is “יש לי אלרגיה לאגוזים” written in Latin letters?
йеш ли алергиа ле-эгозим. 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?
You already knew the word allergy; here it is with the preposition le- — allergic to. The egozim — nuts — in general. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.