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- Դաշնամուր նվագելdashnamur nvagelto play the piano
“Դաշնամուր նվագել” (dashnamur nvagel) — to play the piano in Armenian. Phrase, level A1. K'it'arr nvagel, to play the guitar, works the same way: the instrument stands bare, no preposition or article; khaghal is not said of instruments. In a live sentence: “Քույրս դաշնամուր է նվագում” (k'uyrs dashnamur e nvagum) — My sister plays the piano. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Դ, ա, շ, ն, ա, մ, ո, ւ, ր, ն, վ, ա… A word from the everyday Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Դաշնամուր նվագել (dashnamur nvagel) |
| Read in Latin letters | dashnamur nvagel |
| Translation | to play the piano |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
K'it'arr nvagel, to play the guitar, works the same way: the instrument stands bare, no preposition or article; khaghal is not said of instruments
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.
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 play the piano” in Armenian?
«Դաշնամուր նվագել» (dashnamur nvagel), read “dashnamur nvagel”. In a live sentence: “Քույրս դաշնամուր է նվագում” (k'uyrs dashnamur e nvagum) — My sister plays the piano. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters Դ, ա, շ, ն, ա, մ, ո, ւ, ր, ն, վ, ա…
How is “Դաշնամուր նվագել” (dashnamur nvagel) written in Latin letters?
dashnamur nvagel. 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?
K'it'arr nvagel, to play the guitar, works the same way: the instrument stands bare, no preposition or article; khaghal is not said of instruments. 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.