Արտադրվում է, ստուգվեց, փաթեթավորված: the shop floor speaks without a doer
On the factory floor what matters is what was done to a thing, not who did it. Armenian drops the doer with one insert — -վ- before the ending. For example: “Այս գործարանը արտադրում է կահույք” — This factory manufactures furniture. A rule from the Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
On the factory floor what matters is what was done to a thing, not who did it. Armenian drops the doer with one insert — -վ- before the ending.
Արտադրել (artadrel) → արտադրվել to be manufactured, ստուգել (stugel) → ստուգվել, փաթեթավորել (p'at'et'avorel) → փաթեթավորվել. The insert always sits in the same place.
Even more often a plain 'they' verb with no subject does the job: ապրանքը բեռնառաքեցին (aprank'ə berrnarrak'etsin), the goods were shipped.
The trap: with some verbs -վ- means 'oneself'. Հագնվել (hagnvel) is not 'to be put on' but 'to get dressed'; պատրաստվել (patrastvel) is 'to get ready'.
Table
| Someone does it | Passive | Participle | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| արտադրել | արտադրվել | արտադրված | to manufacture / manufactured |
| ստուգել | ստուգվել | ստուգված | to check / checked |
| փաթեթավորել | փաթեթավորվել | փաթեթավորված | to package / packaged |
| ցանկապատել | ցանկապատվել | ցանկապատված | to fence off / fenced off |
By example
- Այս գործարանը արտադրում է կահույքays gortsaranə artadrum e kahuyk'This factory manufactures furniture
- Ապրանքը բեռնառաքեցին ուրբաթ օրըaprank'ə berrnarrak'etsin urbat' orəThe goods were shipped on Friday
- Շինարարական հրապարակը ցանկապատված էshinararakan hraparakə tsankapatvats eThe construction site is fenced off
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
the shop floor speaks without a doer: how does it work in Armenian?
On the factory floor what matters is what was done to a thing, not who did it. Armenian drops the doer with one insert — -վ- before the ending.
What does it look like in an example sentence Armenian?
“Այս գործարանը արտադրում է կահույք” (ays gortsaranə artadrum e kahuyk') — This factory manufactures furniture. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.