LingoflyԿրկնակի, տասնյակ, մեկուկես: fractions and multiples
From a number Armenian builds 'twice over', 'a group of ten' and 'one and a half'. For example: “Գինը կրկնակի բարձրացավ” (ginə krknaki bardzratsav) — The price doubled. A rule from the Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
From a number Armenian builds 'twice over', 'a group of ten' and 'one and a half'.
-ակի gives multiples: կրկին (krkin) again → կրկնակի (krknaki) twofold, եռ- three → եռակի (yerraki) threefold, քառ- → քառակի.
-յակ gives a group: տաս (tas) → տասնյակ (tasnyak) a set of ten, հինգ (hing) → հնգյակ a five. But տասնամյակ (tasnamyak) is already a decade.
The trap: there is no single word for 'one and a half'. It is always addition — մեկուկես (mekukes) = մեկ (mek) + ու (u) + կես (kes), and further the same way, երկուսուկես.
Table
| Number | Multiple | Group | Fraction |
|---|---|---|---|
| երկու (yerku) (two) | կրկնակի (krknaki) | — | կես (kes) |
| երեք (yerek') (three) | եռակի (yerraki) | — | երրորդ մաս (yerrord mas) |
| չորս (chors) (four) | քառակի | — | քառորդ (k'arrord) |
| տաս (tas) (ten) | տասնապատիկ (tasnapatik) | տասնյակ (tasnyak) | մեկ (mek) տասներորդ (tasnerord) |
By example
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
fractions and multiples: how does it work in Armenian?
From a number Armenian builds 'twice over', 'a group of ten' and 'one and a half'.
What does it look like in a Armenian example sentence?
“Գինը կրկնակի բարձրացավ” (ginə krknaki bardzratsav) — The price doubled. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.