LingoflyԻրը փոխ առնել
- Իրը փոխ առնելirə p'okh arrnelto borrow a thing
“Իրը փոխ առնել” (irə p'okh arrnel) — to borrow a thing in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Ir, a thing, plus p'okh arrnel, to take on loan; to lend is p'okh tal; partk vertsnel, from the bank, is about money, while p'okh is about a thing returned the very same. In a live sentence: “Հարևանից իրը փոխ առա” (harevanits irə p'okh arra) — I borrowed a thing from the neighbor. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Իրը փոխ առնել (irə p'okh arrnel) |
| Read in Latin letters | irə p'okh arrnel |
| Translation | to borrow a thing |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Ir, a thing, plus p'okh arrnel, to take on loan; to lend is p'okh tal; partk vertsnel, from the bank, is about money, while p'okh is about a thing returned the very same
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.
- Հարևանից իրը փոխ առաharevanits irə p'okh arraI borrowed a thing from the neighbor
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 borrow a thing” in Armenian?
«Իրը փոխ առնել» (irə p'okh arrnel), read “irə p'okh arrnel”. In a live sentence: “Հարևանից իրը փոխ առա” (harevanits irə p'okh arra) — I borrowed a thing from the neighbor. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ի, ր, ը, փ, ո, խ, ա, ռ, ն, ե, լ.
How is “Իրը փոխ առնել” (irə p'okh arrnel) written in Latin letters?
irə p'okh arrnel. 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?
Ir, a thing, plus p'okh arrnel, to take on loan; to lend is p'okh tal; partk vertsnel, from the bank, is about money, while p'okh is about a thing returned the very same. 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.