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Home Lessons for Non Armenian Speakers
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Lesson 6 | Lesson 7
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The Armenian Alphabet
Armenian is separate /ranc0 in t0e In!ouropean family oflan#ua#es 0e Armenian alp0a/et "as create! in 45 A It consists of3 letters8 of "0ic0 36 "ere create! /y t0e aut0er of t0e alp0a/et 9esrop9as0tots8 t0eot0er 3 "ere a!!e! later It "as meant to suit t0e soun!system of Armenian 0ese 3 letters present all t0e soun!s of Armenian lan#ua#e 0ere is nearlyone to one correspon!ence /et"een t0e Armenian soun!san! t0e letters t0at
present t0em 0e exceptions are t0e letters 8 8"0ic0 representcom/inations of soun!s
Letter oun! as in Name :ursi;
eym/ol
A car a
b $voiced< bro"n
/
g $voiced< grey #
d $
voiced<
dry !
ye $at the beginning<e $in the other positions<
yet"0ere
yee
z zoo =
e"0ere
e
a a/out a
t $aspirated< teac0 t>
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s ;ision =0
eec0eese i
l lake l
Spanish j Jose k0
t $unaspirated<?s ts
k $unaspirated< sk in @
h har!
d?z0ands =
r as in Brenc08 Cerman Daris C0
t$unaspirated< s0
m man 9
yyoun# E
n next N
shsheep
0
vo $at the beginning of
words<o $in other positions<
voice;oice ;oo
ch Ftc0G cheese c0
p $unaspirated< speak p
j Jack H
rr as in Italian an!panis0$trilled<
roHo r>
s sin# s
v v ;
t $unaspirated< stick t
r $with a top as BritishEnglish<
;ery r
t $aspirated<?s cats ts
oo /oot u
p $aspirated< pick p>
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k $aspirated< k in! k>
yev $alone or at thebeginnig of words<ev $other positions<
ever
ye;
e;
o ;oice o
f f at0er f
There are vo!els in Modern "astern Armenian#
a as in car
eeas inc0eese
a
as ina/out
at t0e /e#inni# of t0e"or!s voin ot0er positions o
as invoiceas in;oice
oas in;oice
at t0e /e#innin# of t0e"or!s yein ot0er positions e
as in yetas in0ence
eas in
0ence
ooas inc0oose
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Lesson $
Letters
Letter
:ursi;e
Dronunciation ym/ol
a as in car a
at t0e /e#innin# of t0e "or!s yeas in yet in ot0er positions e as in hence
yee
e as in hence e
s s
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n n
m m
r as in Jritis0 n#lis0 ver y r
Exercise 1. Bin! out 0o" many of eac0 of t0ese letters | | | |
| |are t0ere in t0e follo"in# textK
The Eastern Armenian AlphabetOriginIn about 404 or 40 A!" a cleric at the Armenian ro#al
court b# the name of $esrop $ashtots %&'(440 A!)inente* the Armenian alphabet. +e mo*elle* the
Armenian alphabet er# losel# on the ,ree- alphabetan* was also possibl# influence* b# the Ass#rian
script.
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::Alphabet::
::Basics::::Phrases::
::Lessons::
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Eastern
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Armenian unctuation
Armenian ronunciation ,ui*ea( ah as in father
b( b as in bo.
1h( ch as in church
*( as in *og
*2( the *s in a*s
e( eh as in pet
3( a as in aboe or the u in huh.
f( f as in football
g( g as in got
gh( soun*s li-e the french r" is pronounce* li-e a sort of growl in the bac- of #our throat"
li-e when #oure gargling..
h( h as in hat
i( the ee in meet
5( 5 as in 5et
-( - as in -ic-
-h( another complicate* soun*" is the rasping ch in 6cottish loch an* ,erman ach.
l( l as in let
m( m as in mat
n( n as in net
o( the o as in ote
p( p as in pet
r( r as in rat
rr( english r" but rolle* li-e in 6panish.
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s( s as in sit
sh( sh as in shut
t( t as in ten
ts( ts as in cats
u( oo as in foo*
( as in an
#( # as in #es
2( 2 as in 2ebra
2h( the s in ision
7( the same as - soun* %neer li-e the English 8 as in 8ueen
A# ( the I in ice an* hi
Use this quick guide to pronounce Armenian words correctly.
Tips for learning A new language Here are some tips that will help you build your Armenian vocabulary.
Important Tips
1. 6tart a separate noteboo- to write out all the new wor*s #ou plan to remember"An* tr# to write out the wor* along with a sentence containing it.
2. 9earn most wi*el#(use* wor*s first.
3. Tr# to learn establishe* wor* pairs. or eample" memori2e an obstacle along with to oercome" clothing
along with to wear" etc.
4. ;eiew learne* wor*s in accor*ance with the plan rather than on a *ail# basis.
5. Allow certain time for learning Armenian language %in the morning or eening) an* -eep #our sche*ule.
6tu*# eer# *a#" een if #ou hae a little time for a lesson. $a-e no more than one *a# off a wee-.
6. $a-e #our place of stu*#ing as comfortable an* 8uiet as possible.
7. ractice #our language s-ills when the opportunit# occurs. ractice eer# moment #ou hae to spare.
8. 1ollect all #our 8uestions about the language an* as- natie spea-ers or teachers to answer them. Also as- them to correct #our mista-es.
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$etho*s for learning A new languageage one" tips
Traditional ethod
This metho* is the simplest but least effectie. <rite out =0 to => new wor*s in a column. ut foreign wor*son the left an* their translation to #our natie language on the right. ocus on memori2ing the wor*s for goo*.
It is important to concentrate #our attention. Now rea* the whole list carefull# line b# line. Then hae a ten minute brea- *oing something else. After that
coer the left column an* tr# to recall the script an* pronunciation of all the wor*s from the list. 6-ip the wor*
if #ou cant recall it for long.+ae another fie minute brea-. Then recall all the wor*s again. Tr# to concentrate #our attention on the
wor*s #ou coul* not recall the first time.
,o on reiewing until #ou are able to recollect the translation of all the wor*s from #our list %howeer put the
learning off if #ou feel tire*). +ae a rest now. It is nee*e* for #our brain to regain its strength.;eiew #our wor* list in ?('0 hours after #oue learne* them. Then reiew it each =4 hours. The total of four
reisions is re8uire* an* enough.
Note: It is goo* to put new wor*s on 0"@ '"= inch car*s with Armenian wor*s on one si*e an* theirtranslation on the other si*e.
Passi!e perception ethod
;ecor* 40 to >0 new Armenian wor*s with their translations. 9isten to the recor*ing as man# times as possibleat normal olume leel. ou *ont nee* to pa# an# attention to what #ou hear. After a great *eal of pla#bac-s
the wor*s will be memori2e* of their own accor*.
"hi#t to the s$bconscio$s ethod
$emori2ing is soun* with this metho* though significant inner effort is re8uire*. The metho* is to be use*
before going to be* onl#.
irst" ma-e a list of =0 wor*s as #ou *i* with the tra*itional metho*. ocus on the tas- of memori2ing thewor*s for goo*. 6train all #our will an* attention.
;emaining highl# concentrate*" rea* the first wor* an* its translation out lou*. Imagine the wor* as brightl#
as possible. Now" sta# focuse* an* repeat the wor* again in a whisper" an* one more time to #ourself with #our e#es
close*. After this rela for '> secon*s an* go to the net wor*.
Thus" all the information will shift to the subconscious. ou shoul* not thin- about the wor*s an#more when
#ou go to sleep. ;eiew the wor*s in the morning.
%i!ide&and&cobine ethod
+ere an Armenian wor* shoul* be *ii*e* into s#llables. or each Armenian s#llable fin* a wor* from #our
natie language that woul* begin in a similar wa#. Now loo- at the eamples:Eample
Armenian artsun- stan*s for tears
9ets *ii*e the wor* into the s#llables an* fin* soun* associations in English:
artsun-
'(pnopedia ethod
+ere #ou will learn new wor*s while #ou are sleepingB ou will nee* an assistance.;ecor* &> to >0 Armenian wor*s an* phrases an* their translation to #our natie language. Cust before going
to be* rea* the wor*s alou* slowl# from #our list an* then listen to the recor*ing two times. !o not focus on
what #ou hear but simpl# repeat the wor*s alou*. ou can fall asleep after that.After #ou hae fallen asleep #our assistant shoul* pla# the recor*ing *uring 40 minutes seeral times re*ucing
lou*ness gra*uall#. In the morning the process shoul* be repeate* in the reerse or*er. our assistant shoul*
start pla#bac- half an hour before #ou wa-e up. +e or she shoul* ma-e lou*ness low at the beginning an*
increase it gra*uall# so that it ma-e #ou wa-e up after half an hour. Deing wo-en up" listen to the en* of the
recor*ing with #our e#es close*.
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The metho* allows to memori2e up to >0 wor*s at a time.
Armenian <or* Or*er 1.The erb is usuall# put at the en* of the sentence eample: *o #ou hae a ra*ioF( *u ra*io unesF literall# #oura*io haeF
2. The prepostion %wor*s li-e in with for are usuall# put at the en* of sentence %unless there is a erb" then
the erb woul* be after the prepostion)
eamples: with Aram( Aram het %literall#" Aram with)for Aram( Aram hamar %literall#" Aram for)
I will be with Aram #es Aram het -linem. %literall#" I Aram with will be)
3. Cust li-e in English" the a*5ectie is alwa#s before the noun. Eample: new boo-( nor gir- %new boo-)
4. The wor*s for are %es" em" en8 etc.) are normall# put at the en* of the sentence unless there is a erb"eample: I am tire*( #es hognats em literall#" I tire* am. instea* of the English wor* or*er" I am tire*
$ore information about wor* or*er
coming soon
+ow to form luralsorming Armenian lurals is incre*ibl# simple" nouns form their plurals b# a**ing er to the en* of the
wor* if the wor* is one s#llable" an* ner if the wor* has more than one s#llable.
+oweer there are a few irregular plurals for eample:
mar*( person" mar*i-( people
Eamples of normal plurals
-atu ( cat %two s#llables) -atuNE;.
shun ( *og %one s#llable) shunE;
Its important to remember that in Armenian" the plural is not a**e* when theres a number inole*.or eample:
#ere- agh5i- ( three girls %not agh5i-ner" literall# three girl)
hin- rope ( fie minutes %not ropener" literall# fie minute)
tas shun ( ten *ogs % not shuner" literall# ten *og)
Dac- to basics
Important
,rammer
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notes$ore is coming soon.
Abo$t transliteration s(stes o# Arenian
This site *ispla#s the transliteration in latin characters for natie English spea-ers" as well as correctArmenian spelling" thus #ou shoul* memori2e the pronounciation gui*e if #ou want to learn to spea- the
language. There is no perfect transliteration s#stem for the Armenian language" an* this has been the source
of much argument an* *ebate both in an* out of Armenia. The s#stem use* now is the from the 9ibrar# of
1ongress 6#stem" but *ierges from it as often as not" simpl# because we want to simplif# the pronunciationfor the untraine* ear.
The tranliteration use* here is a simple one. +ere is a short list of some common changes within *ifferent
transliteration s#stems in written Eastern Armenian so #ou can un*erstan* someone no matter which s#stemthe# use" although" remember that the wor*s are still pronounce* the same.
#e G e ( eample: Es" Es % I ) . eample two: Era2" Era2 %*ream)
u G ou ( eample: hashtut#OHn" hashtut#Hn %peace)-h G ( eample: +osel" Josel %to spea-)
gh G ( eample: ge,+etsi-" geJetsi- %beautiful)
ts G c ( eample: onT6" on1 %how)- G 8 ( eample: e2 " 7e2 %KforL #ou)
a# G ai ( eample: As" AI6 %that). eample two: hA" hAI %armenian)
# G 5 ( eample: bats" baCts %but)
#u G iu ( eample: shnora-alutHn" shorha-alutIHn. %than- #ou)
If #ou *ont feel 8uite comfortable spea-ing " 5ust spea- slowl# an* *istinctl#. Armenians are so thrille*when someone has trie* to use their language" the# will ma-e eer# effort to un*erstan* an* help" an* will
not ma-e fun of #ou if #ou ma-e an# mista-es.
Armenians er# often leae off wor*s li-e #es % I ) an* *u % #ou ) since in Armenian there is a separate
wor* for are in eer# situation" loo- at the eamples:
*u onts esF ( how are #ouF %literall#" #ou how are)onts esF ( how are #ouF %literall#" how are)
#es la em ( i am well % literall#" i well am)la em ( i am well %literall#" well am)
Dac- to basics
Armenian
NounsYour guide to Armenian nouns
$ore coming soon.
)hen (o$*re dealin+ ,ith no$ns in Arenian it has no +raatical +ender. )hich is
an ad!anta+e- #or eaple the Arenian ,ord /na/ eans he- she- or it- instead o#
ha!in+ three separate ,ords like in 0n+lish.
The Armenian language has ? cases. There are seeral t#pes of *eclentions of nouns an*
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pronouns.
"in+$lar
Nominatie tsarr " tsarre ( a tree " the tree,enitie tsarri " tsarri ( of %the) tree
!atie tsarreri " tsarrerin ( to the treesAccusatie tsarrer " tsarrere ( trees " the trees
Ablatie tsarrerits " tsarerits ( from the trees
Instrumental tsarrero " tsarrero ( b# the trees9ocatie tsarrerum " tsarrerum ( in the trees
Pl$ral
Nominatie tsarrer " tsarrere ( trees " the trees
,enitie tsarreri " tsarreri ( of the trees!atie tsarreri " tsarrerin ( to the trees
Accusatie tsarrer " tsarrere ( trees " the trees
Ablatie tsarrerits " tsarrerits ( from the treesInstrumental tsarrero " tsarrero ( b# the trees
9acatie tsarrerum " tsarrerum ( in the trees
0ternal *$* declension
Nominatie a#gi " a#gin ( gar*en " the gar*en,enitie a#gu " a#gu ( of the gar*en
Other cases are easil# forme* from genitie" as aboe.
nternal *a* declension
Nominatie an-#un " an-#une ( corner " the corner
,enitie an-#un " an-#un ( of the corner
List o# coonl( $sed Arenian!erbs
Armenian
A*5ectiesUnder construction, please keep checking back for more!
Dasic/ $ost commonl# use*
Interme*iate
A*ance*Or*er
Cust as in English" the a*5ectie is alwa#s before the noun.
Eample: new boo-( nor gir- %new boo-)
9istDig ( mets
6mall ( po-er ,oo* ( la
Da* ( at
Mer# ( shat
;ight ( chisht<rong ( se-hal
6a* ( t-hur
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+app# ( #er5ani- 6ame ( nu#n
!ifferent ( Tarber
Open ( bats1lose* ( pa-
Near ( mot
ar ( herru New ( nor Ol* ( hin
Terrible ( ahaor
+ot ( shog1ol* ( 6arr
Tire* ( hognats
+ungr# ( soatsThirst# ( tsara
Angr# ( 2a#ratsats
rett# ( lai-
6weet/prett# ( anushDeautiful ( geghetsi-
Hgl# ( gesh
Nast#/gross ( 22eliEas# ( tete/ hesht
!ifficult ( *2har
9ong ( #er-ar
6hort ( -archast ( arag
6low ( *an*agh
6erious ( lur5
Tast# ( hamo
Tastless ( anham
Empt# ( *atar- ull ( li
+ea# ( tsanr
9ight ( tete!ea* ( mahatsats
Alie (
!eaf (Dlin* (!ear/loe* (
!eep ( -hor
!isable* (Epensie ( tan-
1heap ( e2han
6pecial ( hatu-
oolish ( himar oung ( #eritasar*
Ol* ( tser %person)
;ich ( harust
oor ( agh-at
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Dare( +ello %informal)
Dare *2e2( +ello %formal)
Dari lu#s/ Dari araot( ,oo* morning
Dari or( goo* *a#
Dari #ere-o( goo* eening
Dari gisher( goo* night
9u#s bari( response to goo*(night
Monts esF / inchpes esF( how are #ou %informal)
Monts e8/ inchpes e8( how are #ou %formal)
9a( goo* well
6hat la( er# well
Mochinch( not ba*
Mat( ba* ba*l#
6hat at( er# ba*
Is- *uF( An* #ouF %informal)
Is- *u-F( An* #ouF %formal)
Inch -aF ( <hats up %informal)
Inch -a ch-aF( <hats up %still informal)
Tstesut#un( b#e
,reetingsDac- to phrases
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1olours6e( blac-
6pita-( whiteapu#t( blue
er-nagu#n( s-# blue
6hagana-agu#n( brown
$o-hragu#n( gre#/-ha-ianach( green
Martagu#n( pin-
armir( re*!eghin( #ellow
Numbers In Armenian( $e- '
( er-u =( ere- &
( 1hors 4
( +in- >( Mets
( ot ?
( Ht @( In3
( Tas '0
( Tasneme-( ''( Tasneer-u( '=
( Tasneere-( '&( Tasnechors( '4( Tasnehin-( '>
( Tasneets( '
( Tasne#ot( '?
( Tasneut( '@( Tasneine('
( san(=0
( san me-( ='
( san #er-u( ==
( san #ere-( =&
( san chors( =4( san hin-( =>
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( san ets( =( san #ot( =?
( san ut( =@
( san ine( =
( erresun( &0
( arrasun( 40( +isun( >0( Matsun( 0
( otanasun( ?0
( Htanasun( @0( Inesun( 0
( +ar#ur('00
( er-u ha2ar( =00( ere- ha2ar( &00
( 1hors ha2ar( 400
( +in- ha2ar( >00
( Mets ha2ar( 00( ot ha2ar( ?00
( Ht ha2ar( @00
( Ine ha2ar( 00( Tas ha2ar( '0"000
( +isun ha2ar( >0"000
( +ar#un ha2ar( '00"000( $illion('"000"000
1ounting in Armenian is simple" li-e in English. After =0 #ou *othe same for &0" 40 ect.
or eample:
+isun hin-( >>
Inesun ut( @
How to count in Armenian
and more( Arrachin( first
( er-rort( secon*
( erort( thir*( 1horort( fourth
( +in-erort( fifth
( Metserort( sith
( oterort( seenth( Hterort( eighth
( Taserort( ninth
( Tasnehin-erort( fifeenth
( sanerort( twentieth
( $e- angam( once
( er-u angam( twice( ere- angam( thir*
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( es( one half ( arrort( one(8uarter
( ere- -arrort( three(8uarters
( $e- #errort( one(thir*( er-u #errort( two(thri*s
Dac- to basics
1ountr#s an* nationalit#s( +a#astan ( Armenia
( +a#astani +anrapetut#un( The ;epublic of Armenia
( +a#eren ( The Armenian language( +a#-a-an ( Armenian thing
( +a# ( An Armenian person
( +a#er( Armenians
( !u orteghits esF ( <here are #ou fromF
( +ima ortegh es aprumF ( <here are #ou liing nowF
( Mortegh es tsenelF ( <here were #ou bornF( es em ( I am from.../ I am...
( es tsenel em ( I was born in...
o$ntr(s
coming soon
ationalit(s
coming soon
Dac- to basics
oo*s
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r$it Pt$+h
mulberr# ( tut
strawberr# ( #ela-
almon* ( nush
apple ( -hn*2or apricot ( tsiran
banana ( banan
cherr# ( bal
*ate ( -hurmafruit ( ptugh
grapefruit ( greip frut
grapes ( -itronmelon ( se-h
orange ( narin5
peach ( *egh*2
pear ( tan*2 plum ( bal
pomegranate ( nurr
raisins ( chamichwatermelon ( *2meru-
Bread 'ats
eat is
beef ( taar
chic-en ( ha
egg ( *2u boile* egg ( #epats ha-at
fat ( #ugh
goat meat ( a#tsi mis
meat ( mismutton ( och-harimis
eal ( horti mis
e+itablesBanare+hen
aubergine ( smbu-
beans ( pocho8
green beans ( lobi
cabbage ( -aghambcarrot ( ga2ar
cauliflower ( tsa-h-aghhamb
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chic-peas ( siserr cucumber ( arung
eggplant ( smbu-
lentils ( osplettuce/sala* ( salat
o-ra ( bamia
onion ( so-h peas ( siserr
pepper ( p-hpegh
potatoes ( -artofil
pump-in ( *tumra*ish ( bo-h-
sala* ( a-htsan
spinach ( spana-h
turnip ( shaghgamrea* to eat egitables ( ban5areghen
%rinks 9hichkher
alcohol ( al-ohol
alcoholic *rin-s ( al-ohola#in -hmichner
beer ( gare5ur bottle ( shish
can ( anot
coffee ( surch
coffee with mil- ( -ato surchfruit 5uice ( mr-a#in h#ut
5uice ( h#ut
$ore is coming soon.
age =
Dac- to basics
oods & contin$ed$ore coming soon.
%rinks contin$ed;
ice ( sarru#ts
mil- ( -at
mineral water ( han-a#in 5ur tea ( te#
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blac- tea ( se te#green tea ( -anach te#
no sugar pleaseB ( arants sha-ar -hen*remB
water ( 5urwine ( gini
lease help b# re8uesting wor*s that #ou woul* li-etranslate* into Armenian.