Western Modern Armenian: Essentials 2 – Numbers

Learning a whole language can be daunting. But you’d be surprised how many situations you can handle with just 50 common words and phrases. Although you may be inspired to learn more, if all you know is these, you should be able to navigate your way through most common situations in Armenian Church and community and family settings.

1. Practice Numbers

– 1.1 Transliteration – English – 1.2 Armenian – Transliteration – 1.3 English – Armenian

2. Practice Words

– 2.1 Transliteration – English – 2.2 Armenian – Transliteration – 2.3 English – Armenian

3. Practice Phrases

– 3.1 Transliteration – English – 3.2 Armenian – Transliteration – 3.3 English – Armenian

The Armenian Language is distantly related to English, for this reason, you may recognize certain words (or parts of words). These related words are called cognates. Cognates usually have similar consonants, or the consonants exhibit a regular correspondence, e.g., hayr father pater, hats food pasture. Armenian often loses letters, as in li full plenty, yerek three, and sometimes sounds change quite dramatically and uniquely, as in dznunt kin generation, dzanot know prognosis, medz mega, or kaghtsr sweet, kuyr sister sorority. Recognizing cognates can accelerate your mastery of Armenian or any foreign language. Try to think of Armenian as an extension of the English you already know.