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- Իր մասին պատմելir masin patmelto tell about yourself
“Իր մասին պատմել” (ir masin patmel) — to tell about yourself in Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Masin is about, as in ayd masin, about that; at an interview it sounds as a request: Patmek' Dzer masin. In a live sentence: “Խնդրում եմ ձեր մասին պատմել” (khndrum em dzer masin patmel) — Please tell about yourself. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ի, ր, մ, ա, ս, ի, ն, պ, ա, տ, մ, ե… A word from the everyday Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Իր մասին պատմել (ir masin patmel) |
| Read in Latin letters | ir masin patmel |
| Translation | to tell about yourself |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Masin is about, as in ayd masin, about that; at an interview it sounds as a request: Patmek' Dzer masin
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 tell about yourself” in Armenian?
«Իր մասին պատմել» (ir masin patmel), read “ir masin patmel”. In a live sentence: “Խնդրում եմ ձեր մասին պատմել” (khndrum em dzer masin patmel) — Please tell about yourself. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ի, ր, մ, ա, ս, ի, ն, պ, ա, տ, մ, ե…
How is “Իր մասին պատմել” (ir masin patmel) written in Latin letters?
ir masin patmel. 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?
Masin is about, as in ayd masin, about that; at an interview it sounds as a request: Patmek' Dzer masin. 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.