Առողջությանը հետևել
“Առողջությանը հետևել” (arroghjut'yanə hetevel) — to look after your health in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Հետևել takes the dative: առողջությանը, not առողջության համար. The same verb means to follow and to follow a series. In a live sentence: “Քառասունից հետո պետք է հետևել առողջությանը” — After forty you need to look after your health. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ա, ռ, ո, ղ, ջ, ո, ւ, թ, յ, ա, ն, ը.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Առողջությանը հետևել |
| Read in Latin letters | arroghjut'yanə hetevel |
| Translation | to look after your health |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Առողջությանը հետևելarroghjut'yanə hetevelto look after your health
Why it looks that way
Հետևել takes the dative: առողջությանը, not առողջության համար. The same verb means to follow and to follow a series
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Քառասունից հետո պետք է հետևել առողջությանըk'arrasunits heto petk' e hetevel arroghjut'yanəAfter forty you need to look after your health
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- 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.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to look after your health” in Armenian?
«Առողջությանը հետևել», read “arroghjut'yanə hetevel”. In a live sentence: “Քառասունից հետո պետք է հետևել առողջությանը” — After forty you need to look after your health. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, ռ, ո, ղ, ջ, ո, ւ, թ, յ, ա, ն, ը.
How is “Առողջությանը հետևել” written in Latin letters?
arroghjut'yanə hetevel. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Հետևել takes the dative: առողջությանը, not առողջության համար. The same verb means to follow and to follow a series. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.