in Armenian texts
Short in Armenian texts with a translation alongside and comprehension questions. Levels A1–A2: a stock of two or three hundred everyday words is already enough. The translation stands next to it whole, not word by word — a dictionary is still too early at this level: stopping at every other word tears the sentence apart.
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- 📖Morning in YerevanA1 · Good morning. I'm Anna. I live in Yerevan. In the morning I drink coffee and eat bread…
- 📖At the marketA2 · On Saturday we go to the market. The market is close — ten minutes on foot. There are…
- 📖Market or shop?A2 · I love the market. The fruits there are fresh and cheaper than in the shop. The seller…
- 📖My apartmentA1 · I rented an apartment in Yerevan. It's on the third floor, and there's no elevator. The…
- 📖At the doctorA2 · Yesterday I felt unwell. My head ached, and I had a fever. In the morning I made an…
- 📖The seasonsA1 · Winter in Yerevan is cold but sunny. In January it snows, and the city becomes white. In…
- 📖My workdayA2 · I'm a teacher at a school. My workday starts at eight o'clock. On Mondays and Wednesdays…
- 📖Two nights in GyumriA2 · Last week I went to Gyumri by train. The ticket was one-way, and I had a seat by the…
- 📖A day on the shore of Lake SevanA2 · On Sunday we went to Sevan with friends. On the beach the sand was hot, and the water was…
- 📖A new coatA2 · Winter is approaching, and I need a new coat. In the shop there were black and gray…
- 📖My friendA2 · Aram is my oldest friend. He is tall, has a beard and always laughs. By character he's a…
- 📖Dinner at a restaurantA2 · Yesterday we had dinner with my friend in old Yerevan. The waiter brought the menu and…
- 📖I left my phone at homeA2 · In the morning I was in a hurry and forgot my phone at home. At work I realized I…
- 📖Saturday: the barbershop and the repair shopA2 · On Saturday morning I went to the barbershop, because my hair was very long. I asked for…
- 📖A concert near the CascadeA2 · My friend said that on Friday evening there would be a free concert near the Cascade. I…
- 📖A feast day at the monasteryA2 · On Sunday we went as a family to Geghard — an ancient monastery in the mountains. On the…
- 📖Grandma's yardA2 · My grandmother's house is in the village — with a low roof and a big yard. In the yard…
- 📖First-semester examsA2 · In January the first-semester exams began. The hardest was chemistry, and I prepared for…
- 📖The monthly budgetA2 · At the beginning of the month my wife and I sit down and make the family budget. We write…
- 📖Two days in the hospitalA2 · On Monday morning my stomach hurt badly, and my wife called an ambulance. At the hospital…
- 📖The first month at a new jobB1 · For two months I was looking for a job and applied to ten vacancies. I got rejections…
- 📖The new apartment in the third entranceB1 · The real estate agent showed us three apartments, and the last one was the best. The…
- 📖Four days by carA2 · In summer we rented a car for four days and traveled around Armenia. On the first day we…
- 📖The news that shouldn't have been believedB1 · Yesterday in a social network I saw a post: the headline was loud, and thousands of…
- 📖A police reportB1 · On Tuesday evening my bag was stolen in the metro. Inside were my passport, my ID card…
- 📖Two jobs, one decisionB1 · Last month I got two job offers and couldn't decide for a long time. On the one hand, the…
- 📖An ordinary morningA2 · Usually I wake up at seven, but on Thursday I overslept. First I drink coffee, then watch…
- 📖Two sisters, two personalitiesA2 · Ani and Lusine are sisters, but they don't look alike at all. Ani is tall and slim, with…
- 📖Two weeks of silenceB1 · Last month my friend and I quarreled, and for two weeks we didn't talk. Everything…
- 📖Grandma's eggplant in the ovenA2 · On Sunday I'm making eggplant by grandma's recipe. First I peel the vegetables and cut…
- 📖The shoes that didn't fitB1 · Last week I bought shoes at the mall. In the display they were very beautiful, made of…
- 📖The washing machine is making noiseB1 · Two weeks ago the washing machine started making noise and heating up. At first I thought…
- 📖A thunderstorm in the villageA2 · In August I was in my grandmother's village. In the morning it was sunny, and we went to…
- 📖In a new neighborhoodB1 · Last month we moved to the outskirts of the city. It's calmer here, the air is clean and…
- 📖How I learn ArmenianB1 · I've been learning Armenian for a year, and the progress is noticeable. At first I…
- 📖Two cities, one lifeB1 · I was born in a small town, and my childhood passed in my grandmother's garden. In my…
- 📖The misunderstood callA2 · Yesterday I was called from an unknown number, and the connection was very bad. I said…
- 📖The first day at the factoryA2 · The first day at the factory started with safety rules. The guard at the entrance gave…
- 📖The contract I didn't readB1 · I signed the internet contract without reading a single clause to the end. I thought the…
- 📖Cleaning up the riverbankB1 · In spring the residents of our neighborhood decided to clean up the riverbank. The…
- 📖The book I rememberB1 · I still remember the novel I read at twelve. The cover was torn, and the first chapter…
- 📖My first marathonA2 · I signed up for my first marathon at forty. For three months I trained every morning…
- 📖The measurements didn't matchA2 · We ordered a table for the kitchen and measured the wall — a meter and a half. The seller…
- 📖I caught an infection at the officeB1 · On Monday my roommate was coughing, but didn't wear a mask. On Wednesday I felt unwell…
- 📖The housewarmingA2 · The neighbors bought a new apartment and held a housewarming on Sunday. We brought bread…
- 📖The dispute that got resolvedB1 · At the meeting there were two points of view: some wanted to move to the center, others…
- 📖If I had knownB1 · On Friday evening I decided to go to Gyumri, although the weather was getting worse. My…
- 📖Restoring an old chairA2 · Grandma's chair stood on the balcony and was already worn out. The wood was faded, one…
- 📖Lost in the forestA2 · On Saturday we went to the forest and decided to go straight across. Half an hour later…
- 📖The market calculationB1 · Every week the seller calculates how much goods to bring. In summer peach sales double…
- 📖The decision that got delayedB1 · The roof of the house had to be replaced back in spring, but we put it off. In summer the…
- 📖The experiment in the laboratoryB1 · The scientists studied the river water for three months. Every week they took a sample…
- 📖The village over the yearsA2 · My grandfather was born in this village in the middle of the last century. In those years…
- 📖The river that got cleanB1 · For twenty years the factory's wastewater poured into the river, and the fish almost died…
- 📖One day in the workshopB1 · In the morning everyone gathers for the briefing, then puts on special clothing. The…
- 📖The train that got delayedA2 · One day I was going to my parents and was late to the station. Just at that moment they…
- 📖The neighbor who kept quietB1 · The new neighbor was reserved and hardly talked to us. In the courtyard they gossiped…
How to read a text in a language you barely know
First pass — all the way through, without peeking at the translation. The goal is not to understand but to catch familiar words: there will be more of them than you expect, and that feeling matters more than any rule.
Second pass — with the translation beside you. Now it becomes clear what exactly was in the way: an unknown word, a construction you did not get, or just reading speed.
Third pass — all the way through again. The second pass brings noticeably more, and this step is what makes reading useful: it turns analysis into recognition.
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read texts in Armenian?
A1–A2: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred. The translation sits next to it, so an unknown word does not stop the reading.
How many times should you reread the text?
Three times: without the translation, with it, and without it again. The third pass is what all of this is for — the second time you recognize noticeably more.