LingoflyՄտածողություն, չափում, դիտարկում: a noun out of a verb
Armenian turns verbs into nouns with two tails, and both are predictable. For example: “Առաջին չափումը սխալ ստացվեց” (arrajin chap'umə skhal statsvets) — The first measurement came out wrong. A rule from the Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Armenian turns verbs into nouns with two tails, and both are predictable.
-ում (-um) gives the action as a process or a single instance: չափել (chap'el) → չափում (chap'um), a measurement. Դիտարկել → դիտարկում (ditarkum) an observation, ստուգել (stugel) → ստուգում (stugum) a check. Such a word can be counted: three measurements.
-ություն gives a property or a state: ճշգրիտ exact → ճշգրտություն (chshgrtut'yun) accuracy, մտածող thinking → մտածողություն (mtatsoghut'yun) thought. This one cannot be counted — nobody says 'two accuracies'.
The trap: the root drops a vowel in the middle. Միտք → մտքի (mtk'i), ճշգրիտ → ճշգրտություն (chshgrtut'yun).
Table
| Verb | In -ում | In -ություն |
|---|---|---|
| չափել (chap'el) (to measure) | չափում (chap'um) — a measurement | չափավորություն — moderation |
| դատել (to judge) | դատում — a trial, an act of judging | դատողություն (datoghut'yun) — reasoning |
| պարզել (to clarify) | պարզում — a clarification | պարզություն — clarity |
| հակասել (to contradict) | հակասում — an act of contradicting | հակասություն (hakasut'yun) — a contradiction |
By example
- Երեխայի մտածողությունը փոխվում է տարիների հետyerekhayi mtatsoghut'yunə p'okhvum e tarineri hetA child's thinking changes with the years
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
a noun out of a verb: how does it work in Armenian?
Armenian turns verbs into nouns with two tails, and both are predictable.
What does it look like in a Armenian example sentence?
“Առաջին չափումը սխալ ստացվեց” (arrajin chap'umə skhal statsvets) — The first measurement came out wrong. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.