Ընկույզի ալերգիա ունեմ
“Ընկույզի ալերգիա ունեմ” (ənkuyzi alergia unem) — I am allergic to nuts in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Nkuyz is the walnut and nuts in general; what you are allergic to stands in the genitive before alergia; a must-have phrase for cafes — the nut is everywhere in this cuisine. In a live sentence: “Ընկույզի ալերգիա ունեմ, խնդրում եմ առանց” — I am allergic to nuts, please, no nuts. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Ընկույզի ալերգիա ունեմ |
| Read in Latin letters | ənkuyzi alergia unem |
| Translation | I am allergic to nuts |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Ընկույզի ալերգիա ունեմənkuyzi alergia unemI am allergic to nuts
Why it looks that way
Nkuyz is the walnut and nuts in general; what you are allergic to stands in the genitive before alergia; a must-have phrase for cafes — the nut is everywhere in this cuisine
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.
- Ընկույզի ալերգիա ունեմ, խնդրում եմ առանցənkuyzi alergia unem, khndrum em arrantsI am allergic to nuts, please, no nuts
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 “I am allergic to nuts” in Armenian?
«Ընկույզի ալերգիա ունեմ», read “ənkuyzi alergia unem”. In a live sentence: “Ընկույզի ալերգիա ունեմ, խնդրում եմ առանց” — I am allergic to nuts, please, no nuts. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ը, ն, կ, ո, ւ, յ, զ, ի, ա, լ, ե, ր.
How is “Ընկույզի ալերգիա ունեմ” written in Latin letters?
ənkuyzi alergia unem. 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?
Nkuyz is the walnut and nuts in general; what you are allergic to stands in the genitive before alergia; a must-have phrase for cafes — the nut is everywhere in this cuisine. 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.