Մեկ րոպե ժամանակ ունե՞ք
“Մեկ րոպե ժամանակ ունե՞ք” (mek rope zhamanak unek'?) — do you have a minute in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'do you have one minute of time': Armenian does not say 'there is', it says 'you have' — unek; the question mark sits on it. In a live sentence: “Մեկ րոպե ժամանակ ունե՞ք, մի հարց ունեմ” — Do you have a minute? I have a question. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Մեկ րոպե ժամանակ ունե՞ք |
| Read in Latin letters | mek rope zhamanak unek'? |
| Translation | do you have a minute |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Մեկ րոպե ժամանակ ունե՞քmek rope zhamanak unek'?do you have a minute
Why it looks that way
Literally 'do you have one minute of time': Armenian does not say 'there is', it says 'you have' — unek; the question mark sits on it
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.
- Մեկ րոպե ժամանակ ունե՞ք, մի հարց ունեմmek rope zhamanak unek', mi harts unem?Do you have a minute? I have a question
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 “do you have a minute” in Armenian?
«Մեկ րոպե ժամանակ ունե՞ք», read “mek rope zhamanak unek'?”. In a live sentence: “Մեկ րոպե ժամանակ ունե՞ք, մի հարց ունեմ” — Do you have a minute? I have a question. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Մ, ե, կ, ր, ո, պ, ե, ժ, ա, մ, ա, ն.
How is “Մեկ րոպե ժամանակ ունե՞ք” written in Latin letters?
mek rope zhamanak unek'?. 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?
Literally 'do you have one minute of time': Armenian does not say 'there is', it says 'you have' — unek; the question mark sits on it. 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.