Մեքենան բենզին լցնել
“Մեքենան բենզին լցնել” (mek'enan benzin ltsnel) — to fill up the car in Armenian. Phrase, level A1. ltsnel — to pour: Armenian fills up the car with the same verb that pours tea; the gas station is benzaltsakayan, which the course knows. In a live sentence: “Ճանապարհից առաջ մեքենան բենզին լցրու” — Fill up the car before the trip. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Մ, ե, ք, ե, ն, ա, ն, բ, ե, ն, զ, ի.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Մեքենան բենզին լցնել |
| Read in Latin letters | mek'enan benzin ltsnel |
| Translation | to fill up the car |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- Մեքենան բենզին լցնելmek'enan benzin ltsnelto fill up the car
Why it looks that way
ltsnel — to pour: Armenian fills up the car with the same verb that pours tea; the gas station is benzaltsakayan, which the course knows
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.
- Ճանապարհից առաջ մեքենան բենզին լցրուchanaparhits arraj mek'enan benzin ltsruFill up the car before the trip
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 fill up the car” in Armenian?
«Մեքենան բենզին լցնել», read “mek'enan benzin ltsnel”. In a live sentence: “Ճանապարհից առաջ մեքենան բենզին լցրու” — Fill up the car before the trip. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters Մ, ե, ք, ե, ն, ա, ն, բ, ե, ն, զ, ի.
How is “Մեքենան բենզին լցնել” written in Latin letters?
mek'enan benzin ltsnel. 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?
ltsnel — to pour: Armenian fills up the car with the same verb that pours tea; the gas station is benzaltsakayan, which the course knows. 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.