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!

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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

Hey everyone. I'm learning EArmenian and currently focusing on vocabulary. I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me by writing sample sentences for the following word list (1 sentence per word, in EArmenian with an English translation). I'm a beginner, so it'd be best if the sentences weren't too complex (for example, for առողջություն, something like 'I'm taking care of my health' would be perfect).

• Առողջություն
• Արդյունք
• Խնդիր
• Ծառայություն
• Ծրագիր
• Համայնք
• Թիվ
• Ինֆորմացիա
• Խումբ
• Լամպ
• Կողմ
• Նստարան

Շատ շնորհակալ եմ։

I speak Zazaki, a language related to Kurdish and which is spoken in regions of eastern Anatolia that had large Armenian populations prior to the genocide. Having been neighbours, it was strongly influenced by Armenian of course. In my language, we generally say "and" as "û", which is exactly the same as in Kurdish and Armenian ("ու"). However, in the southern regions of our homeland, around places such as Ջերմուկ/Germıke/Çermik, there is an alternative way of saying "and": "ew".

You will generally only hear 'û' in Zazaki, but in these southern regions, 'û' is solely used in constructions such as lists: Examples include "me û you" and "I bought bread û eggs". 'Ew' also means "and", but it is used to connect sentences or clauses (often also with the meaning of "thus"), generally when either the subject or the verb changes: "He went home ew I stayed", "He just got home ew he's tired", etc. Even in the south though, this 'ew' is now considered a bit archaic, and is seen as something only said by old people.

Informal studies of Armenian have helped me to understand many aspects of my own language more clearly. For example: I have learned that this 'ew' (written as 'եւ' or 'և', why the different spellings?) exists in Armenian, and it is certainly a borrowing from Armenian, as I have not been able to discover or develop any convincing theories suggesting otherwise. I looked up how it is used in Armenian, but I get the feeling that websites like Wiktionary don't do a very good job of expressing the more subtle nuances and (Western Armenian?) dialectical variations that a word like that can have. So, I came here to ask: what does 'և'/'եւ' mean? What is it used for? What is the difference between it and 'ու'?

Շնորհակալություն ձեր օգնության համար, հարևաններ û բարեկամներ, ew ապահով եղեք։ 😁

P.S.: I'm actually genetically half-Armenian, on my mother's side. They're "Turks" of Davuda Dağı/Karadağ, Karaman province. They have no idea, but I know thanks to a 23AndMe test. Would anyone by any chance know where I can learn more about that Armenian community, or others like it?

Any recommendations for textbooks to cover the Western script?

I have managed to get my hands on a PDF copy of Armenian For Everyone - Western and Eastern Armenian in Parallel Lessons by Hagopian.

Is there anything else out there which anyone has used successfully?

The Armenian alphabet is cool but slow-readable.

I think Latin alphabet usage would be really convenient. What do you think?

I have decided to embark on a little project, teaching myself the Western Armenian script (I am a school teacher, and like to set myself little missions like this over the summer break).

If I enjoy the project, I may even take up the learning the language - though it will be vying with Turkish, Albanian and French for my attention.

Anyway, here is my question. ChatGPT tells me that Western Armenian does not differentiate between lower and upper case letters .

Is this correct?

I wanted to know if, in Eastern Armenian, the names of countries take the definite article, so I asked an AI chatbot.

🔹 Basic rule:

Most country names are treated as proper nouns and do not take the definite article in common usage.

Examples:

Հայաստանը (Hayastanə) – "the Armenia" ✅ (an exception — more below)

Ֆրանսիա (Fransia) – France ❌ no article

Իտալիա (Italia) – Italy ❌ no article

Ռուսաստան (Rusastan) – Russia ❌ no article

🔸 Exception: Հայաստան

"Հայաստան" (Armenia) often does appear with the definite article:

Հայաստան → Հայաստանը (the Armenia)

This is largely cultural and context-dependent. Native speakers frequently say "Հայաստանը գեղեցիկ է" (Armenia is beautiful) using the definite article.

So, according to this, you'd say (sentences written by me, a learner):

Հունգարիա Արևելյան Եվրոպայում է։

Հայաստանը եզակի երկիր է։

Is this correct?