Շփումը դադարեցնել
“Շփումը դադարեցնել” (shp'umə dadaretsnel) — to stop talking in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Shp'um, communication, from shp'vel; dadaretsnel, to stop, from dadar, a pause, a break; in speech people say it shorter: chenk' khosum, we don't talk. In a live sentence: “Վեճից հետո շփումը դադարեցրին” — After the quarrel they stopped talking. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Շ, փ, ո, ւ, մ, ը, դ, ա, դ, ա, ր, ե. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Շփումը դադարեցնել |
| Read in Latin letters | shp'umə dadaretsnel |
| Translation | to stop talking |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Շփումը դադարեցնելshp'umə dadaretsnelto stop talking
Why it looks that way
Shp'um, communication, from shp'vel; dadaretsnel, to stop, from dadar, a pause, a break; in speech people say it shorter: chenk' khosum, we don't talk
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.
- Վեճից հետո շփումը դադարեցրինvechits heto shp'umə dadaretsrinAfter the quarrel they stopped talking
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 stop talking” in Armenian?
«Շփումը դադարեցնել», read “shp'umə dadaretsnel”. In a live sentence: “Վեճից հետո շփումը դադարեցրին” — After the quarrel they stopped talking. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Շ, փ, ո, ւ, մ, ը, դ, ա, դ, ա, ր, ե.
How is “Շփումը դադարեցնել” written in Latin letters?
shp'umə dadaretsnel. 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?
Shp'um, communication, from shp'vel; dadaretsnel, to stop, from dadar, a pause, a break; in speech people say it shorter: chenk' khosum, we don't talk. 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.