LingoflyԻնը
- Ինըinənine
“Ինը” (inə) — nine in Armenian. Numeral, level A1, topic — numbers and counting. The dictionary form with the article -ə. Before another word it stays, inə haryur, and in the ordinal the n doubles — innerord. In a live sentence: “Ինը հոգի ենք, մեծ սեղան է պետք” (inə hogi enk', mets seghan e petk') — There are nine of us, we need a big table. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ի, ն, ը.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Ինը (inə) |
| Read in Latin letters | inə |
| Translation | nine |
| Part of speech | numeral |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
the dictionary form with the article -ə. Before another word it stays, inə haryur, and in the ordinal the n doubles — innerord
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.
Nearby words: numbers and counting
A price, the change, a house number, the time you agreed on, the floor. Numbers are the first thing you have to catch by ear — and the first thing people say fast.
- Մեկmekoneboth 'one' and 'once': mek angam — one time
- Երկուyerkutwohence Yerkushabti — Monday: the Armenian week literally counts its days
- Երեքyerek'threeYerek'shabti — Tuesday, 'the third day'. The day count goes on the same way
- Չորսchorsfourin compounds it turns into chorek': Chorek'shabti — Wednesday
- ՀինգhingfiveHingshabti — Thursday. The count ends at five: Friday and Saturday are named differently
- Վեցvetssixthe ordinal leaves it unchanged: vets → vetserord. Do not confuse with verj — 'end'
- Յոթyot'seventhe initial Y sounds like English y. The aspirated t' holds on in derivatives: yot'erord, yot' haryur
- Ութut'eightjust two sounds, both held: ut'. Do not confuse with utel — to eat: there the t has no puff
- Տասըtasətenalso with the article -ə. In compounds it vanishes and the stem stretches: tasnmek, tasnerord
- Երկու հարյուրyerku haryurtwo hundredthe hundred never fuses with the number: written and heard as two words, yerku + haryur. The stress lands on the last syllable of the second: yer-KU har-YUR
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “numbers and counting”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “nine” in Armenian?
the dictionary form with the article -ə. Before another word it stays, inə haryur, and in the ordinal the n doubles — innerord
- How do you say “seven” in Armenian?
the initial Y sounds like English y. The aspirated t' holds on in derivatives: yot'erord, yot' haryur
- How do you say “three” in Armenian?
Yerek'shabti — Tuesday, 'the third day'. The day count goes on the same way
- How do you say “two hundred” in Armenian?
the hundred never fuses with the number: written and heard as two words, yerku + haryur. The stress lands on the last syllable of the second: yer-KU har-YUR
- How do you say “six” in Armenian?
the ordinal leaves it unchanged: vets → vetserord. Do not confuse with verj — 'end'
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 “nine” in Armenian?
«Ինը» (inə), read “inə”. In a live sentence: “Ինը հոգի ենք, մեծ սեղան է պետք” (inə hogi enk', mets seghan e petk') — There are nine of us, we need a big table. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Numeral, level A1, from the set “numbers and counting”; written with the characters Ի, ն, ը.
How is “Ինը” (inə) written in Latin letters?
inə. 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?
The dictionary form with the article -ə. Before another word it stays, inə haryur, and in the ordinal the n doubles — innerord. 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.