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English -Armenian Travel Dictionary
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Greetings & Civilities |
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| hello (informal) hello (formal) what’s up? how are you? (informal) how are you? (formal) very well not bad good morning good evening goodbye good night good night (response) bye please thank you you’re welcome pardon/excuse me congratulations cheers |
barev / vokhchuyn barev dzez inch ka chika? vonts es? vonts ek? shat lav vochinch bari luis bari yereko ts’tesutyun bari gisher tse´tesutiun / araijm luis bari (response) kh’ntrem sh’norhakal em/merci charjhe k’ nerek sh’norhavor lini kenats’t |
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Getting Around |
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| how many km? bus station airport visa car city hotel here / there left right straight |
kani kilomet’r e? avtobusi kayaran otanavakayan visa mekena / inknasharjh qaghaqi kentron hjuranots aistegh / ainntegh dzakh ach ughigh |
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Hotel |
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| do you have … ? a room a shower hot water a toilet toilet paper soap air-conditioning electricity iron heat swiming pool |
duq unek … ? senyak logaran tak djur zukaran zukarani tukht otchar odapokhich luis harduk jerutsich loghavazan |
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In The Town |
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| where is (the) … city map boutiqe market bank hotel market Abovian Street square church monastery museum passport and visa office pharmacy police post office restaurant cafe bar |
vortegh e …? qaghaqi qartez khanut shuka bank hyuranots shuka Abovian Poghots hraparak yekeghetsi vank tangaran OVIR deghatun vostikan post restoran cafe bar |
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Small Talk |
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| what is your name? my name is … where are you from? do you speak …? I speak … english german france I understand I don’t understand what does this mean? I want an interpreter I like … I don’t like … yes no no problem I am sick |
anun’t wonts e? im anunn e … vorteghits es? khosum es …? yes khosum em … angleren germaneren franseren haskanum em chem haskanum inch e sa n’shanakum? tarkmanich em uzum sirum em chem sirum ayo / ha woch / che problem chika hivand em |
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Shopping |
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| how much? how many? how much money? money big small bad good cheap expensive cheaper lowest price closed open to buy |
inchkan? vorqan / qani? inch arjhe? pogh / dram medz pok’r vat lav ejhan tank aveli ejhan verchin gin pak bats g’nel |
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Food |
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| water bread meat vegetable fruit cheese apricot bbq coffee cucumber grape milk orange sugar tea tomato watermelon wine beer mineral water |
djur hats mis banjhareghen mirg panir tsiran khorovadz surtch varung khaghogh kat narinj shakar tey lolik dz’meruk gini garedjur hanqain djur |
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Numbers |
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| 0 1 / first 2 / second 3 / .. 4 / .. 5 / .. 6 / .. 7 / .. 8 / .. 9 / .. 10 / .. |
zero mek / arachi yerku / yerkrord yerek / yerrord chors / chorord hing / hingyerord vets / vetsyerord yot / yotyerord ut / utyerord in’ / in´yerord tas / tasyerord |
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Calender |
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| monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday sunday weekend week |
yerkushabti yerekshabti chorekshabti hingshabti urbat shabat kiraki shabat-kiraki / shabataverch shabat |
Western to Eastern Armenian Dictionary-Top
The Eastern & Western Armenian dialects can seem more different than alike at times, just looking at the list of some of the words I remember having to relearn can show you what I mean.
Note: this dictionary contains a fair amount of street slang, which is what I seemed to use a lot of.
In many instances the K and G sounds are reversed, as well as the B and P. The nouns can easily be substituted with the local word, but getting the verbs down is much more of a challenge. I do not recommend even trying, just keep repeating yourself, but if you must, you change the W. Armenian order of Verb+Person+Tense to Verb+Tense+Person, and on top of that, exchange any “gor” tenses with an “um”. That should do it for the most part. The Armenian below is spelled phonetically, much like Spanish.
| Western Armenian | Eastern Armenian | English |
| hos | estegh | here |
| parev | barev | hello |
| hon | endegh | there |
| asang | sens | like this |
| anang | nens | like that |
| inchu | inchu; khi | why |
| inch bes | vonts | how |
| t’kal | g’tal | spoon |
| cavat | bajhag | cup; glass |
| chur | jur | water |
| aghd | geghd | dirt |
| hund | serm | seed |
| ganche | zange | to call (by phone) |
| (Varies) | alo | hello (when answering phone) |
| otanav | inknatir/samaliot | airplane |
| angoghin | cravat | bed |
| khent | gijh | crazy |
| tram | pogh | money |
| oto | mekena | car |
| loknal | loghanal | to bathe |
| vargian | rope | minute |
| yerk-vargian | vargian | second |
| gukamgor | kalisem | i’m coming |
| gertamgor | g’numem | i’m going |
| noren | eli | again |
| gaghant | surp dz’nunt | christmas |
| gaghant baba | ts’mer babik | santa claus |
| iraven | iskabes | really |
| jampa | janabar | road |
| hing u ges | hing ants ges | 5:30 (time) |
| shabig | mica | t-shirt |
| votk | vod | foot |
| tserk | tser | hand |
| payd | ped | wood |
| lav e | lav a | it is good |
| atamant | briliant | diamond |
| kebab | khorovadz | BBQ |
| tun | du | you |
| dun | dan | house |
| iren | n’ra | his/her |
| kesh | vad | bad |
| yeghpayr | aghper | brother |
| v’sta | hastad | for certain |
| ajhan | ejhan | cheap |
| bagh | tsurd | cold |
| ??? | naft | kerosene |
| zarnel | kh’pel | to hit |
| sh’nel | zarkel | to make |
| hargav | i harge | of course |
| ts’ke | toghe | let go/leave |
| adzilvil | trashvil | to shave |