At a café and a restaurant in Armenian
11 words Armenian words on the topic “at a café and a restaurant”: Սուրճ — coffee, Թեյ — tea, Աղցան — salad, Ապուր — soup. 11 words can be played from recordings.
11 words on the topic
- Սուրճsurchcoffeedrinking is one verb for everything: surch khmel, t'ey khmel, jur khmel
- Թեյt'eyteawritten with t', a t on the exhale; with plain t it would be a different word
- Աղցանaghtsansaladfrom agh — salt: literally 'the salted thing'. The same root in aghi — salty
- Ապուրapursoupstress on the last syllable: a-PUR. Broth needs no separate word — just msi apur, 'meat soup'
- Ուզում եմuzum emI wantfrom uzel. The present tense is uniform everywhere: stem + -um + the little linking verb. The politer kuzenayi means 'I would like'
- Հաշիվը, խնդրեմhashivə, khndremthe check, pleasehashiv — bill, -ə — the article: 'that very bill'. The same root in hashvel — to count, and hashvich — calculator
- Սրճարանsrcharancoffee shopsurch — coffee, but the u drops out in the derivative: srch-. The -aran ending marks a place: degharan, chasharan, gradaran
- Ճաշարանchasharancanteenfrom chash — lunch. It names both a factory canteen and an inexpensive place with hot food
- Սրճարանsrcharancafeyou already know this word as 'coffee shop': the place where coffee is drunk and friends sit is one word for an Armenian
- ԿրուասանkruasancroissantA borrowing spelled exactly as it sounds: k-r-u-a-s-a-n. The general word for sweet pastry is khmoreghen; the croissant is picked out of it by this very word
- ԿապուչինոkapuchinocappuccinoDoes not decline: only the article at the very end changes — kapuchino em uzum, kapuchinon tak e
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
- Մեկ սուրճ, խնդրեմmek surch, khndremOne coffee, please
- Կաթով թեյ եմ խմումkat'ov t'ey em khmumI drink tea with milk
- Աղցանն առանց աղի էaghtsann arrants aghi eThe salad is without salt
- Ցուրտ է, տաք ապուր եմ ուզումtsurt e, tak' apur em uzumIt's cold, I want hot soup
- Ես ուզում եմ թեյyes uzum em t'eyI want tea
- Ամեն ինչ համեղ էր, հաշիվը, խնդրեմamen inch hamegh er, hashivə, khndremEverything was delicious, the check, please
What is worth knowing about these words
Սուրճ (surch) — coffee. drinking is one verb for everything: surch khmel, t'ey khmel, jur khmel
Թեյ (t'ey) — tea. written with t', a t on the exhale; with plain t it would be a different word
Աղցան (aghtsan) — salad. from agh — salt: literally 'the salted thing'. The same root in aghi — salty
Ապուր (apur) — soup. stress on the last syllable: a-PUR. Broth needs no separate word — just msi apur, 'meat soup'
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is Սուրճ (surch) — coffee.
- What is this word?
It is Ճաշարան (chasharan) — canteen.
- What is this word?
It is Ապուր (apur) — soup.
- What is this word?
It is Կապուչինո (kapuchino) — cappuccino.
- What is this word?
It is Սրճարան (srcharan) — coffee shop.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “coffee” in Armenian?
drinking is one verb for everything: surch khmel, t'ey khmel, jur khmel
- How do you say “canteen” in Armenian?
from chash — lunch. It names both a factory canteen and an inexpensive place with hot food
- How do you say “soup” in Armenian?
stress on the last syllable: a-PUR. Broth needs no separate word — just msi apur, 'meat soup'
- How do you say “cappuccino” in Armenian?
Does not decline: only the article at the very end changes — kapuchino em uzum, kapuchinon tak e
- How do you say “coffee shop” in Armenian?
surch — coffee, but the u drops out in the derivative: srch-. The -aran ending marks a place: degharan, chasharan, gradaran
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Order, ask the price, ask for the bill. A short and entirely predictable conversation — a convenient place to test yourself for the first time.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- This holds not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “coffee” in Armenian?
«Սուրճ», read “surch”. drinking is one verb for everything: surch khmel, t'ey khmel, jur khmel. It is one of 11 words in the set “at a café and a restaurant” — the rest are in the table above.
How many café phrases do you need to start?
A dozen is enough. The set of 11 words on this page covers nearly every everyday case on the topic — but it is best taken a few at a time, not all at once.
Is there audio?
Yes, 11 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.