Նույնը մնալ
“Նույնը մնալ” (nuynə mnal) — to stay the same in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. From նույն 'the same' and մնալ 'to stay'. In the past: նույնը մնաց. In a live sentence: “Գինը նույնը մնաց ամբողջ տարին” — The price stayed the same all year. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ն, ո, ւ, յ, ն, ը, մ, ն, ա, լ. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Նույնը մնալ |
| Read in Latin letters | nuynə mnal |
| Translation | to stay the same |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Նույնը մնալnuynə mnalto stay the same
Why it looks that way
From նույն 'the same' and մնալ 'to stay'. In the past: նույնը մնաց
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.
- Գինը նույնը մնաց ամբողջ տարինginə nuynə mnats amboghj tarinThe price stayed the same all year
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 stay the same” in Armenian?
«Նույնը մնալ», read “nuynə mnal”. In a live sentence: “Գինը նույնը մնաց ամբողջ տարին” — The price stayed the same all year. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ն, ո, ւ, յ, ն, ը, մ, ն, ա, լ.
How is “Նույնը մնալ” written in Latin letters?
nuynə mnal. 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?
From նույն 'the same' and մնալ 'to stay'. In the past: նույնը մնաց. 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.