Որքա՞ն ժամանակ կտևի
“Որքա՞ն ժամանակ կտևի” (vork'an zhamanak ktevi?) — how long will it take in Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Tevel is to last, here in the k- future: how long will it last; the question mark sits inside the question word. In a live sentence: “Նորոգումը որքա՞ն ժամանակ կտևի” — How long will the repair take? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ո, ր, ք, ա, ն, ժ, ա, մ, ա, ն, ա, կ.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Որքա՞ն ժամանակ կտևի |
| Read in Latin letters | vork'an zhamanak ktevi? |
| Translation | how long will it take |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- Որքա՞ն ժամանակ կտևիvork'an zhamanak ktevi?how long will it take
Why it looks that way
Tevel is to last, here in the k- future: how long will it last; the question mark sits inside the question word
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.
- Նորոգումը որքա՞ն ժամանակ կտևիnorogumə vork'an zhamanak ktevi?How long will the repair take?
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 “how long will it take” in Armenian?
«Որքա՞ն ժամանակ կտևի», read “vork'an zhamanak ktevi?”. In a live sentence: “Նորոգումը որքա՞ն ժամանակ կտևի” — How long will the repair take? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ո, ր, ք, ա, ն, ժ, ա, մ, ա, ն, ա, կ.
How is “Որքա՞ն ժամանակ կտևի” written in Latin letters?
vork'an zhamanak ktevi?. 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?
Tevel is to last, here in the k- future: how long will it last; the question mark sits inside the question word. 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.