Սոցիալական ցանց
“Սոցիալական ցանց” (sotsialakan tsants) — social network in Armenian. Noun, level A2. Tsants is any net: a fishing one, and the internet — hamatsants, the worldwide net; in speech people more often say the short sots'tsants. In a live sentence: “Սոցիալական ցանցերում շատ եմ նստում” — I spend a lot of time on social networks. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ս, ո, ց, ի, ա, լ, ա, կ, ա, ն, ց, ա.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Սոցիալական ցանց |
| Read in Latin letters | sotsialakan tsants |
| Translation | social network |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- Սոցիալական ցանցsotsialakan tsantssocial network
Why it looks that way
Tsants is any net: a fishing one, and the internet — hamatsants, the worldwide net; in speech people more often say the short sots'tsants
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.
- Սոցիալական ցանցերում շատ եմ նստումsotsialakan tsantserum shat em nstumI spend a lot of time on social networks
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 “social network” in Armenian?
«Սոցիալական ցանց», read “sotsialakan tsants”. In a live sentence: “Սոցիալական ցանցերում շատ եմ նստում” — I spend a lot of time on social networks. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Ս, ո, ց, ի, ա, լ, ա, կ, ա, ն, ց, ա.
How is “Սոցիալական ցանց” written in Latin letters?
sotsialakan tsants. 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?
Tsants is any net: a fishing one, and the internet — hamatsants, the worldwide net; in speech people more often say the short sots'tsants. 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.