LingoflyՀասկանում եմ քեզ
- Հասկանում եմ քեզhaskanum em k'ezI understand you
“Հասկանում եմ քեզ” (haskanum em k'ez) — I understand you in Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Politely to an elder: haskanum em dzez; who is understood stands in the object form: k'ez, dzez, nran. In a live sentence: “Հասկանում եմ քեզ, ինքս էլ եմ անցել դրանով” (haskanum em k'ez, ink's el em antsel dranov) — I understand you, I went through it myself. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Հ, ա, ս, կ, ա, ն, ո, ւ, մ, ե, մ, ք…
In short
| Written in Armenian | Հասկանում եմ քեզ (haskanum em k'ez) |
| Read in Latin letters | haskanum em k'ez |
| Translation | I understand you |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Politely to an elder: haskanum em dzez; who is understood stands in the object form: k'ez, dzez, nran
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 “I understand you” in Armenian?
«Հասկանում եմ քեզ» (haskanum em k'ez), read “haskanum em k'ez”. In a live sentence: “Հասկանում եմ քեզ, ինքս էլ եմ անցել դրանով” (haskanum em k'ez, ink's el em antsel dranov) — I understand you, I went through it myself. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Հ, ա, ս, կ, ա, ն, ո, ւ, մ, ե, մ, ք…
How is “Հասկանում եմ քեզ” (haskanum em k'ez) written in Latin letters?
haskanum em k'ez. 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?
Politely to an elder: haskanum em dzez; who is understood stands in the object form: k'ez, dzez, nran. 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.