Մնալ իր կարծիքին
“Մնալ իր կարծիքին” (mnal ir kartsik'in) — to stand by one's opinion in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. The opinion here takes the dative, կարծիքին. One's own is իր about a third person and իմ about yourself. In a live sentence: “Երկար վիճեցինք, բայց նա մնաց իր կարծիքին” — We argued for a long time, but he stood by his opinion. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Մ, ն, ա, լ, ի, ր, կ, ա, ր, ծ, ի, ք.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Մնալ իր կարծիքին |
| Read in Latin letters | mnal ir kartsik'in |
| Translation | to stand by one's opinion |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Մնալ իր կարծիքինmnal ir kartsik'into stand by one's opinion
Why it looks that way
The opinion here takes the dative, կարծիքին. One's own is իր about a third person and իմ about yourself
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.
- Երկար վիճեցինք, բայց նա մնաց իր կարծիքինyerkar vichetsink', bayts na mnats ir kartsik'inWe argued for a long time, but he stood by his opinion
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 stand by one's opinion” in Armenian?
«Մնալ իր կարծիքին», read “mnal ir kartsik'in”. In a live sentence: “Երկար վիճեցինք, բայց նա մնաց իր կարծիքին” — We argued for a long time, but he stood by his opinion. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Մ, ն, ա, լ, ի, ր, կ, ա, ր, ծ, ի, ք.
How is “Մնալ իր կարծիքին” written in Latin letters?
mnal ir kartsik'in. 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?
The opinion here takes the dative, կարծիքին. One's own is իր about a third person and իմ about yourself. 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.