Apr 3
Can we have a full episode where Al-Hashimi only speaks different languages? (ignore Monica in the back, she’s just jealous of Al-Hashimi being the hottest doctor in town speaking Farsi and Armenian)
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Can we have a full episode where Al-Hashimi only speaks different languages? (ignore Monica in the back, she’s just jealous of Al-Hashimi being the hottest doctor in town speaking Farsi and Armenian)
engaging hook: rhyming in armenian should theoretically be easy because you can change the word order in a sentence to almost whatever you want to make it work.
completely derailing the topic: armenian traditionally follows an SOV order: subject, object, verb.
example:
Շանթը խնձորը կերաւ։ -> Shant ate the apple.
Իրենք ուրախ են։ -> They are happy.
but you can also change it to:
Շանթը կերաւ խնձորը
Խնձորը կերաւ Շանթը
Խնձորը Շանթը կերաւ
Կերաւ Շանթը խնձորը
Կերաւ խնձորը Շանթը
...in every possible combination, all meaning the same thing*, although most of them sound clunky and you will probably never encounter them in writing. some speakers may use such forms to emphasize different things, like:
subject first: emphasis on the subject (who is doing the action)
object first: emphasis on the object (what the action is being carried out on)
verb first: (the action being done) (or also confirmation that the action is being done)
you can emphasize simply by stressing the word you want to focus on though
our second sentence, however:
Ուրախ են իրենք
when the verb is a copula specifically, you can never split up a copula and its subject complement. you always treat them as one "unit"; no words can go between them.
so you cant say: իրենք են ուրախ, ուրախ են իրենք
and this goes for locations, not just adjectives:
Ես Յունաստան եմ or Յունաստան եմ ես
you'll notice that եմ always come after its "object", never anywhere else. you can sometimes put conjunctions in between, but that's because the conjunction will be counted as part of the object: (such as որ which can be the equivalent of the english suffix -ever)
ինչ որ է[նէ] -> whatever it is (ինչ որ = whatever)
ով որ հոս էր -> whoever was here (lit. "who that was here")
in the second phrase, it comes after հոս because ով որ is the subject.
that's all. let me know if i made any mistakes or caused confusion on anything!
Կարդալը ոսկի ապարանջան է:
Education is a gold bracelet.
New Words [4] 19th of March
Finnish
rajautua - to border
väestö - population
väki - crowd
kerääntyä - to accumulate
allergisoitua - to become allergic to something
herkkyys - sensitivity
asiakaspalvelu - customer service
ruokahalu - appetite (hyvää ruokahalua! - bon appétit!)
kura - mud, dirt; (colloquial) diarrhea (hänellä on vatsa kuralla - she has diarrhea)
kuraantua - to get soiled, dirty (by mud)
Armenian
ասա - say (imperative)
արա - do (imperative)
ուրիշ - other
որոշ - some
առյուծ - lion
this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Armenian. It will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!
info
about world languages
encyclopaedia britannica
fun facts
glottolog
indiana university - informational brochure [pdf]
introduction by @ayearinlanguage
intro to armenian by @the-caravan-languages
language breakdown by @linguisticsbunker
omniglot
playlist of samples
wikipedia
world atlas of language structures
slowly getting the hang of the alphabet! 🇦🇲 tried learning some greetings and introduction phrases and so far I’m loving it!
բարև - hello
ինչպե՞ս ես: - how are you?
լավ եմ - I’m well
շնորհակալություն - thank you
հաճելի է - nice to meet you
ես Մալթայից եմ - I’m from Malta
♫ Solarpunk soundtracks:
Jermook feat. ArusenKaa – Հայերեն (Hayeren)
in western armenian, there are two verbs you can use to express "can i..." sentences (not only limited to "i").
the first one is with կրնալ/կարենալ (to be able), conjugated as follows:
ես կրնամ (I can)
դուն կրնաս (you can)
ինքը / ան կրնայ (he/she can)
մենք կրնանք (we can)
դուք կրնաք (you can) plural/formal
իրենք / անոնք կրնան (they can)
note that we do not use the present particle կը with this verb
you'd use the present indicative of կրնալ + the infinitive of whatever verb it is you want to do.
Կրնա՞մ բաղնիք երթալ։ -> Can I go [to the] bathroom?
Կրնա՞ս ինծի ատ բանը տալ։ -> Can you give me that thing?
Կրնա՞ք մէկ վայրկեան լռել։ -> Can you shut up [for] a minute?
the second verb is ըլլալ. you would know it as a defective verb, but when conjugated regularly, it can mean "to happen", or express the possibility of something.
let's take the same questions as before, instead with ըլլալ․
Կ՛ըլլա՞յ բաղնիք երթամ։
Կ՛ըլլա՞յ ինծի ատ բանը տաս։
Կ՛ըլլա՞յ մէկ վայրկեան լռէք։
notice anything different? if you didn't, here's what changes: the infinitive form of the verb that may or may not happen becomes conjugated. with ըլլալ, the sentence takes on a more "is it possible to..." or "is it allowed to..." meaning.
for example, here are the above sentences translated:
Is it possible for me to go to the bathroom?
Is it possible for you to give me that thing?
Is it possible for you to shut up for a minute?
remember: կրնալ - infinitive, ըլլալ - conjugated