Իսկ դու ի՞նչ ես մտածում
“Իսկ դու ի՞նչ ես մտածում” (isk du inch es mtatsum?) — what do you think in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Isk is the 'and' of a change of subject, always first; the question mark ՞ does not sit at the end of the phrase but on the stressed vowel of the question word: inch; politely: Isk duk inch ek mtatsum. In a live sentence: “Իսկ դու ի՞նչ ես մտածում այս մասին” — What do you think about it?
In short
| Written in Armenian | Իսկ դու ի՞նչ ես մտածում |
| Read in Latin letters | isk du inch es mtatsum? |
| Translation | what do you think |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Իսկ դու ի՞նչ ես մտածումisk du inch es mtatsum?what do you think
Why it looks that way
Isk is the 'and' of a change of subject, always first; the question mark ՞ does not sit at the end of the phrase but on the stressed vowel of the question word: inch; politely: Isk duk inch ek mtatsum
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.
- Իսկ դու ի՞նչ ես մտածում այս մասինisk du inch es mtatsum ays masin?What do you think about it?
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 “what do you think” in Armenian?
«Իսկ դու ի՞նչ ես մտածում», read “isk du inch es mtatsum?”. In a live sentence: “Իսկ դու ի՞նչ ես մտածում այս մասին” — What do you think about it? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ի, ս, կ, դ, ո, ւ, ի, ն, չ, ե, ս, մ.
How is “Իսկ դու ի՞նչ ես մտածում” written in Latin letters?
isk du inch es mtatsum?. 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?
Isk is the 'and' of a change of subject, always first; the question mark ՞ does not sit at the end of the phrase but on the stressed vowel of the question word: inch; politely: Isk duk inch ek mtatsum. 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.