Օրինակ
“Օրինակ” (orinak) — sample problem in Armenian. Noun, level A1. the same orinak the course knows as an example: the one in the notebook and the one from life are one word. A harder problem is khndir. In a live sentence: “Տախտակին երկու օրինակ կա” — There are two sample problems on the board. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Օ, ր, ի, ն, ա, կ. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Օրինակ |
| Read in Latin letters | orinak |
| Translation | sample problem |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- Օրինակorinaksample problem
Why it looks that way
the same orinak the course knows as an example: the one in the notebook and the one from life are one word. A harder problem is khndir
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.
- Տախտակին երկու օրինակ կաtakhtakin yerku orinak kaThere are two sample problems on the board
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 “sample problem” in Armenian?
«Օրինակ», read “orinak”. In a live sentence: “Տախտակին երկու օրինակ կա” — There are two sample problems on the board. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters Օ, ր, ի, ն, ա, կ.
How is “Օրինակ” written in Latin letters?
orinak. 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 same orinak the course knows as an example: the one in the notebook and the one from life are one word. A harder problem is khndir. 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.