Կրկնակի, տասնյակ, մեկուկես: fractions and multiples
The fifty-second unit rests on three suffixes and one fusing trick. Counting in Armenian you already can — here we talk about how to make 'twofold', 'a ten' and 'one and a half' out of a number. For example: “Գինը կրկնակի բարձրացավ” — The price doubled. A rule from the Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The fifty-second unit rests on three suffixes and one fusing trick. Counting in Armenian you already can — here we talk about how to make 'twofold', 'a ten' and 'one and a half' out of a number.
-ակի — multiples. Կրկին (again) → կրկնակի (double), եռ- (three) → եռակի (triple), քառ- (four) → քառակի (quadruple). The row continues as far as you like: հնգակի, տասնակի.
-պատիկ — the same, but for verbs and big numbers. Կրկնապատկել — to double, կրկնապատկվել (krknapatkvel) — to double itself, տասնապատիկ (tasnapatik) — tenfold. English 'an order of magnitude' is translated exactly this way: տասնապատիկ ավելի (tasnapatik aveli).
-յակ — a group of so many. Տաս (tas) → տասնյակ (a ten, a handful), հինգ (hing) → հնգյակ (a five), տարի (tari) → տարեկան (tarekan), but տասնամյակ (tasnamyak) — a decade. The same suffix makes both a group of objects and a stretch of time.
Fusing with 'կես (kes)'. Մեկուկես (one and a half) is assembled from մեկ (mek) + ու (and) + կես (half). Further along the same pattern: երկուսուկես (two and a half), երեքուկես. There is no separate word to memorize — Armenian always builds it by addition, and that is exactly why the course spine tags it as the single new numeral of the wave.
Fractions. Կես — half, քառորդ (k'arrord) — quarter, but a third has no word of its own: երրորդ մաս (yerrord mas), literally 'a third part'. 'By a third' — the instrumental: մեկ երրորդով (mek yerrordov).
Table
| Number | Multiple | Group | Fraction |
|---|---|---|---|
| երկու (two) | կրկնակի | — | կես |
| երեք (three) | եռակի | — | երրորդ մաս |
| չորս (four) | քառակի | — | քառորդ |
| տաս (ten) | տասնապատիկ | տասնյակ | մեկ տասներորդ |
By example
- Գինը կրկնակի բարձրացավginə krknaki bardzratsavThe price doubled
- Ճանապարհը տևեց մեկուկես ժամchanaparhə tevets mekukes zhamThe road took an hour and a half
- Ծախսերը կրճատվեցին մեկ երրորդովtsakhserə krchatvetsin mek yerrordovThe costs were cut by a third
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?
The fifty-second unit rests on three suffixes and one fusing trick. Counting in Armenian you already can — here we talk about how to make 'twofold', 'a ten' and 'one and a half' out of a number.
What does it look like in an example sentence Armenian?
“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.