Կիսով չափ բաժանել
“Կիսով չափ բաժանել” (kisov chap' bazhanel) — to divide in half in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. From չափ 'measure': kisov chap means by the measure of a half. More bookish than կիսել, and it suits work as well as money. In a live sentence: “Ծախսերը կիսով չափ բաժանեցինք” — We divided the expenses in half. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Կ, ի, ս, ո, վ, չ, ա, փ, բ, ա, ժ, ա.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Կիսով չափ բաժանել |
| Read in Latin letters | kisov chap' bazhanel |
| Translation | to divide in half |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Կիսով չափ բաժանելkisov chap' bazhanelto divide in half
Why it looks that way
From չափ 'measure': kisov chap means by the measure of a half. More bookish than կիսել, and it suits work as well as money
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.
- Ծախսերը կիսով չափ բաժանեցինքtsakhserə kisov chap' bazhanetsink'We divided the expenses in half
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 divide in half” in Armenian?
«Կիսով չափ բաժանել», read “kisov chap' bazhanel”. In a live sentence: “Ծախսերը կիսով չափ բաժանեցինք” — We divided the expenses in half. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Կ, ի, ս, ո, վ, չ, ա, փ, բ, ա, ժ, ա.
How is “Կիսով չափ բաժանել” written in Latin letters?
kisov chap' bazhanel. 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?
From չափ 'measure': kisov chap means by the measure of a half. More bookish than կիսել, and it suits work as well as money. 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.