For context, my sister just had her third kid, and my dad, who grew up with Armenian in the household, said “portsank” to my sister’s kid (as a joke). My dad said his mom (my grandma) would say “portsank” to him and his sibling growing up (jokingly).

My sisters and I didn’t grow up speaking Armenian, but I’ve been taking Western Armenian lessons for the last three years on and off. I feel like my Armenian is pretty good, but need a little help here.

Can anyone confirm how to say pain in the ass in Armenian?

I dubbed the Elden Ring intro in Armenian. I’d really appreciate it if you subscribed to my channel — it helps boost the activity.

Video 👉 https://youtu.be/R_JKCPB5_6I?si=notpVsy_XA0zZ1VJ

Hello, dear Armenian language lovers.

I want to share a wonderful project with you. My friends have created their own version of the 2048 game, but instead of numbers, it's with Armenian letters. The goal of the game is to connect the letters, starting from Ա, until you reach the Խ and continue (if you can).

I think this is a great and fun way to review our alphabet and remember the order of the letters, especially for those who are learning the language.

The game is called Հայատառ 2048 and it is completely free on Google Play. They would be very happy if you try the game and share your opinion. Any feedback is very important.

Here is the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fluctu8studio.taraxax

Thanks in advance.

Recently I started translating the opening cutscenes from Elden Ring. This time I'm sharing one of the parts I've finished. The atmosphere is already intense in the original, but in Armenian it feels even darker. Check it out and let me know what you think!

We couldn't find a proper Armenian equivalent for the word 'Tarnished, and since it also refers to the characters, we decided not to change it.

And I'd like to add that if it's a pseudonym, then it can be adapted — we could replace it with an Armenian word. But if it's a name, we keep the original English pronunciation.

I always hated how the majority of the available TTS (Text to speech) systems sounded in Armenian.

I mean, there are tons of TTS systems for English that sounds natural,emotional and real, but when it came to Armenian everything seems to be very very robotic.

Until now!

We've added a new Armenian emotional and natural sounding Text-to-Speech to Xosum.am tool so now it not only transcribes speech to text but also generates natural-sounding speech from text!

Quick facts

✅ We have 4 voices, 2 male and 2 female (Parandzem, Argam, Baghdasar, and Vormizdukht)

✅ We also have 4 tones (news reporter, excited, sad and hysterical)

✅ You own all rights to the generated content

✅ You can generate text up to 3000 characters all at once

✅ It's free during the intiial rollout period

So I would love you all to try it out and tell me how it sounds. Please be brutally honest! My main question is - is this quality good enough for production use, i.e. making ads, audiobooks, professional video voiceovers etc...

You can see the example of how it sounds and check it out yourself here 👉https://xosum.am/armenian-tts

Please let me know how it went. I am extremely excited to advance Armenian speech AI technologies.

Hi, I don't speak armenian but I would like to read a short message to an armenian friend of mine, I would like to say just these three things:

Thank you for being my friend.

You are a wonderful person.

You deserve to be happy.

The gender is female if it matters, I am not flirting or anything like that, I just want to do something nice for someone who has helped me a lot. Google translate gave me the following:

Շնորհակալ եմ, որ իմ ընկերն ես։

Դու հրաշալի մարդ ես։

Դու արժանի ես երջանիկ լինելու։

First of all I'd like someone who speaks the language to tell me if it is good or something should be changed. Secondly, I have put this on an AI text to speech app but I have trouble with the pronunciation so any tips would be appreciated, thanks for reading this.

It’s me again with another irregularity (from my view). If EA speakers are able to help me out too they would be very welcome to do so.

I'm a WA speaker myself but I never went to school, I just speak it and am trying to really learn the language know with a textbook. So far I’m not having a hard time but there is one thing I don’t really get:

Let’s take the word joy for example, joy is pronounced urakhutyun but why is it written ուրախութիւն? I would’ve written it ուրախություն or would you say that my preferred writing is the correct one? Because in a textbook it is consistently written like the first example.

Bonus question: do you use isk? As in: "ես լաւ եմ, իսք տուն?" Or do you say "ես լաւ եմ, ու տուն?"

Hi! I'm learning Armenian and I'm looking for any Armenian language media with Armenian subtitles. I've found a lot with english subtitles... but I'm really trying to match the spoken word with the writing. Please let me know if you know of any! Thanks!

We support Armenian!

I realized today that I don’t know how to say “too” (as in, “too hot” or “too cold”) in Western Armenian. Of course, I look it up on google translate (which is always wrong for W.A.) and it says to say “չափազանց” which I’ve never heard of before.

If you were to ask me now, I’d just say “շատ տաք/պաղ” which means “very hot/cold” which doesn’t mean the same thing.

Shows some of the various sayings between Eastern and western.

Hi all,

Not sure if this is allowed in this sub I need a few moments from a personal video translate from Armenian to english. Conversation is primarily in English, but there are a few moments in exclusively Armenian. If its ok, I can offer compensation for any assistance.

Thanks in advance for any assistance

I know that should is “petke,” but how do you say it in past tense?

For example: “That test was really difficult. I should have studied more.”

“Ayd knnut’yun shad tzhvar er. Yes petke…?”

In eastern they often form questions with this pattern:

Inch es asum (what are you saying)

Inch es anum (what are you doing)

Inch es utum (what are you eating)

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Is there any pattern like that in western? Or is it like this:

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Inch geses

Inch genes

Inch gunes

Can you use “gor” in the past tense to make it “past continuous”? For example:

Yerek aravodyan ge vazei gor

Aysor aravodyan ge khosim gor mer’s het

Are those ^ correct?

Hello, Im looking to improve my արեւմտահայերեն but don't have a community I can speak to. I was thinking of joining some group chats(?), I have tg, ig, whatsapp, viber, or whichever social media.

I'm 27 and a repatriate, Christian.

According to a Western dictionary, the verb is “Arnel.” I’m trying to make this eastern sentence western:

Ays poghots’e kez t’anum e im kaghak

“Ays poghots’e kez garne im kaghak”

Is that ^ correct?

Andesel / antesel անտեսել

Are these correct?

Misht gandesen ayd khntir’e

Misht antesum en ayd khntir’e

“They always ignore that problem”

I need help on the language ... everything.

So to say my armenian is bad ... is an understatement. I really need help but I cannot find anywhere to actually learn the accent and pronunciations. I have about 0 spoken and listening experience! I have family in Armenia and my girlfriend is there so it sucks not being able to speak any. If someone could potentially help or provide a source to learn, that would be so cool! I don't really have money for paid courses and such, though. Please and thanks from an Armeninoob.

Also no, the people I know cannot teach me. They hate teaching and are pretty horrible at it, so I end up never learning hahaha.

I’m Armenian but my family is from Syria due deportation and I currently live in Western Europe. Die the deportation my family speaks Arabic instead of Armenian. So should I learn western or Eastern Armenian? I hear many arguments

Ես ճիշտ եմ հասկանում արդյոք, որ հայերենում կա էդպիսի երևույթ "կրկնակի հոգնակի" ?? Օրինակ "աչք", "դեպք", "զենք" և այլն, էս բոլոր բառերը իրենք իրենցով արդեն իսկ հոգնակի են, բայց մենք հավելյալ ավելացնում ենք "եր" վերջածանցը ու ստանում ենք կրկնակի հոգնակի, աչքեր, դեպքեր, զենքեր??

Hi guys, my girlfriend wrote "garotelem" to end a text and after minutes of unsuccesful search I couldn't find any translation. Tbh I'm not even sure that's armenian but she is and that's my best guess.

Anyone ? Thannnnks