LingoflyՎազեցնել, հագցնել, հասցնել: make, dress and get someone there
To say 'make someone run' or 'put a child to sleep' you need no extra word. Armenian slips -ցն- into the verb itself. For example: “Մարզիչը (marzichə) մարզիկներին վազեցնում է մեկ (mek) ժամ” (zham) — The coach makes the athletes run for an hour. A rule from the Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
To say 'make someone run' or 'put a child to sleep' you need no extra word. Armenian slips -ցն- into the verb itself.
Add -ցնել or -եցնել to the stem: վազել (vazel) run → վազեցնել make run. Նստել (nstel) sit down → նստեցնել seat; քնել (k'nel) sleep → քնեցնել put to sleep.
A second person then shows up in the sentence and takes the 'to whom' tail. Երեխան քնում է (yerekhan k'num e) (yerekhan k'num e) — the child sleeps; մայրը (mayrə) երեխային (yerekhayin) քնեցնում է — the mother puts the child to sleep.
The trap: -վ- means 'to oneself', -ցն- means 'to somebody else'. Մարզվել (marzvel) is to train, մարզել to coach; ծանոթանալ (tsanot'anal) to get acquainted, ծանոթացնել (tsanot'atsnel) to introduce.
Table
| Oneself | Someone else | In English |
|---|---|---|
| վազել (vazel) — to run | վազեցնել | to make run, to chase |
| նստել (nstel) — to sit down | նստեցնել | to seat |
| հագնել (hagnel) — to put on | հագցնել | to dress someone |
| քնել (k'nel) — to sleep | քնեցնել | to put to sleep |
| հասնել (hasnel) — to reach | հասցնել (hastsnel) | to get there, to make it in time |
| մարզվել (marzvel) — to train | մարզել | to coach |
| ծանոթանալ (tsanot'anal) — to get acquainted | ծանոթացնել (tsanot'atsnel) | to introduce |
| տաք (tak') — warm | տաքացնել (tak'atsnel) | to heat up |
| կարճ (karch) — short | կարճացնել | to shorten |
By example
- Երեխային հագցրու և քնեցրուyerekhayin hagtsru yev k'netsruDress the child and put him to bed
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
make, dress and get someone there: how does it work in Armenian?
To say 'make someone run' or 'put a child to sleep' you need no extra word. Armenian slips -ցն- into the verb itself.
What does it look like in a Armenian example sentence?
“Մարզիչը (marzichə) մարզիկներին վազեցնում է մեկ (mek) ժամ” (zham) (marzichə marziknerin vazetsnum e mek zham) — The coach makes the athletes run for an hour. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.