Ջեռուցման մարտկոցը չի տաքացնում
“Ջեռուցման մարտկոցը չի տաքացնում” (jerrutsman martkotsə chi tak'atsnum) — the radiator doesn't heat in Armenian. Phrase, level A1. bare martkots' is the battery in a remote, which is how the course knows it; the heating radiator is specified by the genitive jerrutsman, from the familiar jerrutsum. Tak'antsnel — to warm — comes from tak'. In a live sentence: “Ձմռանը ջեռուցման մարտկոցը չի տաքացնում” — In winter the radiator doesn't heat. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Ջեռուցման մարտկոցը չի տաքացնում |
| Read in Latin letters | jerrutsman martkotsə chi tak'atsnum |
| Translation | the radiator doesn't heat |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- Ջեռուցման մարտկոցը չի տաքացնումjerrutsman martkotsə chi tak'atsnumthe radiator doesn't heat
Why it looks that way
bare martkots' is the battery in a remote, which is how the course knows it; the heating radiator is specified by the genitive jerrutsman, from the familiar jerrutsum. Tak'antsnel — to warm — comes from tak'
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.
- Ձմռանը ջեռուցման մարտկոցը չի տաքացնումdzmrranə jerrutsman martkotsə chi tak'atsnumIn winter the radiator doesn't heat
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 “the radiator doesn't heat” in Armenian?
«Ջեռուցման մարտկոցը չի տաքացնում», read “jerrutsman martkotsə chi tak'atsnum”. In a live sentence: “Ձմռանը ջեռուցման մարտկոցը չի տաքացնում” — In winter the radiator doesn't heat. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters Ջ, ե, ռ, ո, ւ, ց, մ, ա, ն, մ, ա, ր.
How is “Ջեռուցման մարտկոցը չի տաքացնում” written in Latin letters?
jerrutsman martkotsə chi tak'atsnum. 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?
bare martkots' is the battery in a remote, which is how the course knows it; the heating radiator is specified by the genitive jerrutsman, from the familiar jerrutsum. Tak'antsnel — to warm — comes from tak'. 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.