Պաշտոնական հարցում
“Պաշտոնական հարցում” (pashtonakan hartsum) — official inquiry in Armenian. Noun, level B1. Hartsum is both an inquiry to an office and a public opinion poll — one word for both; the official answer is pashtonakan pataskhan, expected within the processing time. In a live sentence: “Պաշտոնական հարցում ուղարկեցինք նախարարություն” — We sent an official inquiry to the ministry. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Պ, ա, շ, տ, ո, ն, ա, կ, ա, ն, հ, ա.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Պաշտոնական հարցում |
| Read in Latin letters | pashtonakan hartsum |
| Translation | official inquiry |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- Պաշտոնական հարցումpashtonakan hartsumofficial inquiry
Why it looks that way
Hartsum is both an inquiry to an office and a public opinion poll — one word for both; the official answer is pashtonakan pataskhan, expected within the processing time
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.
- Պաշտոնական հարցում ուղարկեցինք նախարարությունpashtonakan hartsum ugharketsink' nakhararut'yunWe sent an official inquiry to the ministry
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 “official inquiry” in Armenian?
«Պաշտոնական հարցում», read “pashtonakan hartsum”. In a live sentence: “Պաշտոնական հարցում ուղարկեցինք նախարարություն” — We sent an official inquiry to the ministry. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Պ, ա, շ, տ, ո, ն, ա, կ, ա, ն, հ, ա.
How is “Պաշտոնական հարցում” written in Latin letters?
pashtonakan hartsum. 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?
Hartsum is both an inquiry to an office and a public opinion poll — one word for both; the official answer is pashtonakan pataskhan, expected within the processing time. 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.