Իր հունով գնալ
“Իր հունով գնալ” (ir hunov gnal) — to run its course in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Հուն is the bed of a river. Literally 'to go in its own bed' — the same picture as the English idiom. In a live sentence: “Թող գործը գնա իր հունով” — Let the matter run its course. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ի, ր, հ, ո, ւ, ն, ո, վ, գ, ն, ա, լ.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Իր հունով գնալ |
| Read in Latin letters | ir hunov gnal |
| Translation | to run its course |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Իր հունով գնալir hunov gnalto run its course
Why it looks that way
Հուն is the bed of a river. Literally 'to go in its own bed' — the same picture as the English idiom
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.
- Թող գործը գնա իր հունովt'ogh gortsə gna ir hunovLet the matter run its course
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 run its course” in Armenian?
«Իր հունով գնալ», read “ir hunov gnal”. In a live sentence: “Թող գործը գնա իր հունով” — Let the matter run its course. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ի, ր, հ, ո, ւ, ն, ո, վ, գ, ն, ա, լ.
How is “Իր հունով գնալ” written in Latin letters?
ir hunov gnal. 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?
Հուն is the bed of a river. Literally 'to go in its own bed' — the same picture as the English idiom. 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.