Մեկ սուրճ և մեկ կրուասան, խնդրեմ
“Մեկ սուրճ և մեկ կրուասան, խնդրեմ” (mek surch yev mek kruasan, khndrem) — one coffee and one croissant, please in Armenian. Phrase, level A1. After mek, 'one', the noun stays singular — mek kruasan, not kruasanner. The whole order works as one ready-made phrase at the counter. In a live sentence: “Բարև ձեզ, մեկ սուրճ և մեկ կրուասան, խնդրեմ” — Hello, one coffee and one croissant, please. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Մեկ սուրճ և մեկ կրուասան, խնդրեմ |
| Read in Latin letters | mek surch yev mek kruasan, khndrem |
| Translation | one coffee and one croissant, please |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- Մեկ սուրճ և մեկ կրուասան, խնդրեմmek surch yev mek kruasan, khndremone coffee and one croissant, please
Why it looks that way
After mek, 'one', the noun stays singular — mek kruasan, not kruasanner. The whole order works as one ready-made phrase at the counter
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.
- Բարև ձեզ, մեկ սուրճ և մեկ կրուասան, խնդրեմbarev dzez, mek surch yev mek kruasan, khndremHello, one coffee and one croissant, please
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 “one coffee and one croissant, please” in Armenian?
«Մեկ սուրճ և մեկ կրուասան, խնդրեմ», read “mek surch yev mek kruasan, khndrem”. In a live sentence: “Բարև ձեզ, մեկ սուրճ և մեկ կրուասան, խնդրեմ” — Hello, one coffee and one croissant, please. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters Մ, ե, կ, ս, ո, ւ, ր, ճ, և, մ, ե, կ.
How is “Մեկ սուրճ և մեկ կրուասան, խնդրեմ” written in Latin letters?
mek surch yev mek kruasan, khndrem. 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?
After mek, 'one', the noun stays singular — mek kruasan, not kruasanner. The whole order works as one ready-made phrase at the counter. 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.