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- Այն բանից հետո, երբayn banits heto, yerbafter (conjunction)
“Այն բանից հետո, երբ” (ayn banits heto, yerb) — after (conjunction) in Armenian. Phrase, level B1, topic — time, days and hours. A broken-up turn: ayn banits heto stands before the comma, yerb right after it, and the subordinate clause follows; its verb takes no k-; in speech it is almost always cut down to a single yerb. In a live sentence: “Այն բանից հետո, երբ տեղափոխվեցինք, ամեն ինչ փոխվեց” (ayn banits heto, yerb teghap'okhvetsink', amen inch p'okhvets) — After we moved, everything changed.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Այն բանից հետո, երբ (ayn banits heto, yerb) |
| Read in Latin letters | ayn banits heto, yerb |
| Translation | after (conjunction) |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
A broken-up turn: ayn banits heto stands before the comma, yerb right after it, and the subordinate clause follows; its verb takes no k-; in speech it is almost always cut down to a single yerb
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.
- Այն բանից հետո, երբ տեղափոխվեցինք, ամեն ինչ փոխվեցayn banits heto, yerb teghap'okhvetsink', amen inch p'okhvetsAfter we moved, everything changed
Nearby words: time, days and hours
Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.
- Օրordaywritten with O; with plain o it would come out 'vor'. Hence aysor — today, oragir — diary, kesor — noon
- Այսօրaysortodayays + or — 'this day' — fused into one word. But ays shabat' and ays tari are written apart
- Վաղըvaghətomorrowthe dictionary form carries the article -ə. Without it vagh means 'early': vagh arravotyan — early in the morning
- Երեկyerekyesterdayone letter apart from yerek' — three; its kin is yereko — evening: 'yesterday' is literally 'what belongs to the evening'
- Առավոտarravotmorningdouble rr — rolled. 'In the morning' is arravotyan, a form of its own, not a preposition
- Երեկոyerekoeveningone root with yerek — yesterday. 'In the evening' is yerekoyan, the same -yan ending as the morning's
- Գիշերgishernighthence kesgisher — midnight — and gisherel — to spend the night. 'At night' is gisherə, the article instead of a preposition
- Ժամzhamhourzh sounds like the s in 'measure'. It is both the hour as a span and the time on the clock: zhamə k'anisn e. The clock itself is zhamats'uyts'
- Ե՞րբ կգաքyerb kgak'when will you come?the k- prefix on the verb makes the future: kgak' — 'you will come'. The hook sits on yerb
- Ժամը քանիսի՞նzhamə k'anisinat what time?literally 'the hour at which': zham is the hour, k'ani is 'how many'
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “time, days and hours”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “after (conjunction)” in Armenian?
A broken-up turn: ayn banits heto stands before the comma, yerb right after it, and the subordinate clause follows; its verb takes no k-; in speech it is almost always cut down to a single yerb
- How do you say “night” in Armenian?
hence kesgisher — midnight — and gisherel — to spend the night. 'At night' is gisherə, the article instead of a preposition
- How do you say “tomorrow” in Armenian?
the dictionary form carries the article -ə. Without it vagh means 'early': vagh arravotyan — early in the morning
- How do you say “at what time?” in Armenian?
literally 'the hour at which': zham is the hour, k'ani is 'how many'
- How do you say “evening” in Armenian?
one root with yerek — yesterday. 'In the evening' is yerekoyan, the same -yan ending as the morning's
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 “after (conjunction)” in Armenian?
«Այն բանից հետո, երբ» (ayn banits heto, yerb), read “ayn banits heto, yerb”. In a live sentence: “Այն բանից հետո, երբ տեղափոխվեցինք, ամեն ինչ փոխվեց” (ayn banits heto, yerb teghap'okhvetsink', amen inch p'okhvets) — After we moved, everything changed. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1, from the set “time, days and hours”; written with the characters Ա, յ, ն, բ, ա, ն, ի, ց, հ, ե, տ, ո…
How is “Այն բանից հետո, երբ” (ayn banits heto, yerb) written in Latin letters?
ayn banits heto, yerb. 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?
A broken-up turn: ayn banits heto stands before the comma, yerb right after it, and the subordinate clause follows; its verb takes no k-; in speech it is almost always cut down to a single yerb. 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 this 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.