Շտապօգնություն կանչել
“Շտապօգնություն կանչել” (shtapognut'yun kanchel) — to call an ambulance in Armenian. Phrase, level A2. The familiar shtap ognut'yun is written as one word when it is the service; kanchel is to call, the same verb as in calling the police. In a live sentence: “Շտապօգնություն կանչեք, խնդրում եմ” — Call an ambulance, please. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Շ, տ, ա, պ, օ, գ, ն, ո, ւ, թ, յ, ո.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Շտապօգնություն կանչել |
| Read in Latin letters | shtapognut'yun kanchel |
| Translation | to call an ambulance |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- Շտապօգնություն կանչելshtapognut'yun kanchelto call an ambulance
Why it looks that way
The familiar shtap ognut'yun is written as one word when it is the service; kanchel is to call, the same verb as in calling the police
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.
- Շտապօգնություն կանչեք, խնդրում եմshtapognut'yun kanchek', khndrum emCall an ambulance, please
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 call an ambulance” in Armenian?
«Շտապօգնություն կանչել», read “shtapognut'yun kanchel”. In a live sentence: “Շտապօգնություն կանչեք, խնդրում եմ” — Call an ambulance, please. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Շ, տ, ա, պ, օ, գ, ն, ո, ւ, թ, յ, ո.
How is “Շտապօգնություն կանչել” written in Latin letters?
shtapognut'yun kanchel. 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 familiar shtap ognut'yun is written as one word when it is the service; kanchel is to call, the same verb as in calling the police. 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.