Իրը փոխ առնել
“Իրը փոխ առնել” (irə p'okh arrnel) — to borrow a thing in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Ir, a thing, plus p'okh arrnel, to take on loan; to lend is p'okh tal; the partk vertsnel you know from the bank unit is about money, while p'okh is about a thing returned the very same. In a live sentence: “Հարևանից իրը փոխ առա” — I borrowed a thing from the neighbor. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Իրը փոխ առնել |
| Read in Latin letters | irə p'okh arrnel |
| Translation | to borrow a thing |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Իրը փոխ առնելirə p'okh arrnelto borrow a thing
Why it looks that way
Ir, a thing, plus p'okh arrnel, to take on loan; to lend is p'okh tal; the partk vertsnel you know from the bank unit is about money, while p'okh is about a thing returned the very same
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.
- Հարևանից իրը փոխ առաharevanits irə p'okh arraI borrowed a thing from the neighbor
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 borrow a thing” in Armenian?
«Իրը փոխ առնել», read “irə p'okh arrnel”. In a live sentence: “Հարևանից իրը փոխ առա” — I borrowed a thing from the neighbor. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ի, ր, ը, փ, ո, խ, ա, ռ, ն, ե, լ.
How is “Իրը փոխ առնել” written in Latin letters?
irə p'okh arrnel. 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?
Ir, a thing, plus p'okh arrnel, to take on loan; to lend is p'okh tal; the partk vertsnel you know from the bank unit is about money, while p'okh is about a thing returned the very same. 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.