Texts in Armenian
Short texts in Armenian with a translation alongside and comprehension questions, levels A1–B1. The first ones need two or three hundred everyday words; the B1 texts need about three thousand. The translation stands next to it whole, not word by word: stopping at every other word tears the sentence apart.
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- 📖Morning in YerevanA1 · Good morning. I'm Anna. I live in Yerevan. In the morning I drink coffee and eat bread…
- 📖At the marketA2 · On Saturday we go to the market. The market is close — ten minutes on foot. There are…
- 📖Market or shop?A2 · I love the market. The fruits there are fresh and cheaper than in the shop. The seller…
- 📖My apartmentA1 · I rented an apartment in Yerevan. It's on the third floor, and there's no elevator. The…
- 📖At the doctorA2 · Yesterday I felt unwell. My head ached, and I had a fever. In the morning I made an…
- 📖The seasonsA1 · Winter in Yerevan is cold but sunny. In January it snows, and the city becomes white. In…
- 📖My workdayA2 · I'm a teacher at a school. My workday starts at eight o'clock. On Mondays and Wednesdays…
- 📖Two nights in GyumriA2 · Last week I went to Gyumri by train. The ticket was one-way, and I had a seat by the…
- 📖A day on the shore of Lake SevanA2 · On Sunday we went to Sevan with friends. On the beach the sand was hot, and the water was…
- 📖A new coatA2 · Winter is approaching, and I need a new coat. In the shop there were black and gray…
- 📖My friendA2 · Aram is my oldest friend. He is tall, has a beard and always laughs. By character he's a…
- 📖Dinner at a restaurantA2 · Yesterday we had dinner with my friend in old Yerevan. The waiter brought the menu and…
- 📖I left my phone at homeA2 · In the morning I was in a hurry and forgot my phone at home. At work I realized I…
- 📖Saturday: the barbershop and the repair shopA2 · On Saturday morning I went to the barbershop, because my hair was very long. I asked for…
- 📖A concert near the CascadeA2 · My friend said that on Friday evening there would be a free concert near the Cascade. I…
- 📖A feast day at the monasteryA2 · On Sunday we went as a family to Geghard — an ancient monastery in the mountains. On the…
- 📖Grandma's yardA2 · My grandmother's house is in the village — with a low roof and a big yard. In the yard…
- 📖First-semester examsA2 · In January the first-semester exams began. The hardest was chemistry, and I prepared for…
- 📖The monthly budgetA2 · At the beginning of the month my wife and I sit down and make the family budget. We write…
- 📖Two days in the hospitalA2 · On Monday morning my stomach hurt badly, and my wife called an ambulance. At the hospital…
- 📖The first month at a new jobB1 · For two months I was looking for a job and applied to ten vacancies. I got rejections…
- 📖The new apartment in the third entranceB1 · The real estate agent showed us three apartments, and the last one was the best. The…
- 📖Four days by carA2 · In summer we rented a car for four days and traveled around Armenia. On the first day we…
- 📖The news that shouldn't have been believedB1 · Yesterday in a social network I saw a post: the headline was loud, and thousands of…
- 📖A police reportB1 · On Tuesday evening my bag was stolen in the metro. Inside were my passport, my ID card…
- 📖Two jobs, one decisionB1 · Last month I got two job offers and couldn't decide for a long time. On the one hand, the…
- 📖An ordinary morningA2 · Usually I wake up at seven, but on Thursday I overslept. First I drink coffee, then watch…
- 📖Two sisters, two personalitiesA2 · Ani and Lusine are sisters, but they don't look alike at all. Ani is tall and slim, with…
- 📖Two weeks of silenceB1 · Last month my friend and I quarreled, and for two weeks we didn't talk. Everything…
- 📖Grandma's eggplant in the ovenA2 · On Sunday I'm making eggplant by grandma's recipe. First I peel the vegetables and cut…
- 📖The shoes that didn't fitB1 · Last week I bought shoes at the mall. In the display they were very beautiful, made of…
- 📖The washing machine is making noiseB1 · Two weeks ago the washing machine started making noise and heating up. At first I thought…
- 📖A thunderstorm in the villageA2 · In August I was in my grandmother's village. In the morning it was sunny, and we went to…
- 📖In a new neighborhoodB1 · Last month we moved to the outskirts of the city. It's calmer here, the air is clean and…
- 📖How I learn ArmenianB1 · I've been learning Armenian for a year, and the progress is noticeable. At first I…
- 📖Two cities, one lifeB1 · I was born in a small town, and my childhood passed in my grandmother's garden. In my…
- 📖The misunderstood callA2 · Yesterday I was called from an unknown number, and the connection was very bad. I said…
- 📖The first day at the factoryA2 · The first day at the factory started with safety rules. The guard at the entrance gave…
- 📖The contract I didn't readB1 · I signed the internet contract without reading a single clause to the end. I thought the…
- 📖Cleaning up the riverbankB1 · In spring the residents of our neighborhood decided to clean up the riverbank. The…
- 📖The book I rememberB1 · I still remember the novel I read at twelve. The cover was torn, and the first chapter…
- 📖My first marathonA2 · I signed up for my first marathon at forty. For three months I trained every morning…
- 📖The measurements didn't matchA2 · We ordered a table for the kitchen and measured the wall — a meter and a half. The seller…
- 📖I caught an infection at the officeB1 · On Monday my roommate was coughing, but didn't wear a mask. On Wednesday I felt unwell…
- 📖The housewarmingA2 · The neighbors bought a new apartment and held a housewarming on Sunday. We brought bread…
- 📖The dispute that got resolvedB1 · At the meeting there were two points of view: some wanted to move to the center, others…
- 📖If I had knownB1 · On Friday evening I decided to go to Gyumri, although the weather was getting worse. My…
- 📖Restoring an old chairA2 · Grandma's chair stood on the balcony and was already worn out. The wood was faded, one…
- 📖Lost in the forestA2 · On Saturday we went to the forest and decided to go straight across. Half an hour later…
- 📖The market calculationB1 · Every week the seller calculates how much goods to bring. In summer peach sales double…
- 📖The decision that got delayedB1 · The roof of the house had to be replaced back in spring, but we put it off. In summer the…
- 📖The experiment in the laboratoryB1 · The scientists studied the river water for three months. Every week they took a sample…
- 📖The village over the yearsA2 · My grandfather was born in this village in the middle of the last century. In those years…
- 📖The river that got cleanB1 · For twenty years the factory's wastewater poured into the river, and the fish almost died…
- 📖One day in the workshopB1 · In the morning everyone gathers for the briefing, then puts on special clothing. The…
- 📖The train that got delayedA2 · One day I was going to my parents and was late to the station. Just at that moment they…
- 📖The neighbor who kept quietB1 · The new neighbor was reserved and hardly talked to us. In the courtyard they gossiped…
How to read a text in a language you barely know
First pass — all the way through, without peeking at the translation. The goal is not to understand but to catch familiar words: there will be more of them than you expect, and that feeling matters more than any rule.
Second pass — with the translation beside you. Now it becomes clear what exactly was in the way: an unknown word, a construction you did not get, or just reading speed.
Third pass — all the way through again. The second pass brings noticeably more, and this step is what makes reading useful: it turns analysis into recognition.
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read texts in Armenian?
A1–B1. For the first texts the letters and two or three hundred everyday words are enough; the B1 texts need about three thousand. The translation sits next to it, so an unknown word does not stop the reading.
How many times should you reread the text?
Three times: without the translation, with it, and without it again. The third pass is what all of this is for — the second time you recognize noticeably more.