Գլուխս ցավում է: your body without the word 'my'
To complain to a doctor you need one habit English doesn't have: possession is glued onto the word. գլուխ is a head in general, գլուխս is my head, գլուխդ is your head. A separate 'my' is not used: the phrase Իմ գլուխը ցավում է is not forbidden, but it sounds bookish and a little foreign. For example: “Ոտքերս ցավում են” — My legs hurt. A rule from the Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a…
How it works
To complain to a doctor you need one habit English doesn't have: possession is glued onto the word. գլուխ (glukh) is a head in general, գլուխս (glukhs) is my head, գլուխդ (glukhd) is your head. A separate 'my' is not used: the phrase Իմ գլուխը ցավում է (im glukhə tsavum e) is not forbidden, but it sounds bookish and a little foreign.
Second: it hurts by itself. The body part is the subject, not the person, so the verb agrees with the part: one leg — ոտքս ցավում է, both — `ոտքերս ցավում են (votk'ers tsavum en). You cannot say 'I hurt' — the body does the aching, the way English almost says it in 'my legs hurt'.
Body plurals follow the general rule: one syllable takes -եր (ձեռք (dzerrk') → ձեռքեր), more take -ներ (ատամ (atam) → ատամներ). The 'my' ending comes after it, last of all: ձեռքեր + ս = ձեռքերս (dzerrk'ers). The order of parts never varies — word, number, owner.
Table
| Word | My | Your | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| գլուխ — head | գլուխս | գլուխդ | գլուխներ |
| ձեռք — hand | ձեռքս | ձեռքդ | ձեռքեր |
| ոտք — leg | ոտքս | ոտքդ | ոտքեր |
| ատամ — tooth | ատամս | ատամդ | ատամներ |
By example
- Ոտքերս ցավում ենvotk'ers tsavum enMy legs hurt
- Մեջքս շատ է ցավումmejk's shat e tsavumMy back hurts a lot
- Կոկորդդ կարմիր էkokordd karmir eYour throat is red
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
How to say my head hurts in Armenian?
To complain to a doctor you need one habit English doesn't have: possession is glued onto the word. գլուխ is a head in general, գլուխս is my head, գլուխդ is your head. A separate 'my' is not used: the phrase Իմ գլուխը ցավում է is not forbidden, but it sounds bookish and a little foreign.
What գլուխս means in Armenian?
Second: it hurts by itself. The body part is the subject, not the person, so the verb agrees with the part: one leg — ոտքս ցավում է, both — `ոտքերս ցավում են. You cannot say 'I hurt' — the body does the aching, the way English almost says it in 'my legs hurt'.
Armenian ending ս on parts of the body?
Body plurals follow the general rule: one syllable takes -եր (ձեռք → ձեռքեր), more take -ներ (ատամ → ատամներ). The 'my' ending comes after it, last of all: ձեռքեր + ս = ձեռքերս. The order of parts never varies — word, number, owner.
How to say my legs hurt in Armenian?
Body plurals follow the general rule: one syllable takes -եր (ձեռք → ձեռքեր), more take -ներ (ատամ → ատամներ). The 'my' ending comes after it, last of all: ձեռքեր + ս = ձեռքերս. The order of parts never varies — word, number, owner.
What does it look like in an example sentence Armenian?
“Ոտքերս ցավում են” (votk'ers tsavum en) — My legs hurt. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.