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- Խորհրդակցությունkhorhrdaktsut'yunstaff meeting
“Խորհրդակցություն” (khorhrdaktsut'yun) — staff meeting in Armenian. Noun, level B1. Four consonants in a row in writing, rhrd, but the h drops in speech and a short ə sounds between the two r's: kho-rər-tak-tsu-T'YUN. In a live sentence: “Խորհրդակցությունը ժամը տասին է” (khorhrdaktsut'yunə zhamə tasin e) — The staff meeting is at ten. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Խ, ո, ր, հ, ր, դ, ա, կ, ց, ո, ւ, թ… A word from the everyday Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Խորհրդակցություն (khorhrdaktsut'yun) |
| Read in Latin letters | khorhrdaktsut'yun |
| Translation | staff meeting |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
four consonants in a row in writing, rhrd, but the h drops in speech and a short ə sounds between the two r's: kho-rər-tak-tsu-T'YUN
Why it looks that way
From khorhurd, advice: a meeting as 'advising together'; in the office they say it simpler, zhoghov, a gathering, or handipum, a meeting
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.
- Խորհրդակցությունը ժամը տասին էkhorhrdaktsut'yunə zhamə tasin eThe staff meeting is at ten
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 “staff meeting” in Armenian?
«Խորհրդակցություն» (khorhrdaktsut'yun), read “khorhrdaktsut'yun”. Four consonants in a row in writing, rhrd, but the h drops in speech and a short ə sounds between the two r's: kho-rər-tak-tsu-T'YUN. In a live sentence: “Խորհրդակցությունը ժամը տասին է” (khorhrdaktsut'yunə zhamə tasin e) — The staff meeting is at ten. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Խ, ո, ր, հ, ր, դ, ա, կ, ց, ո, ւ, թ…
How is “Խորհրդակցություն” (khorhrdaktsut'yun) written in Latin letters?
khorhrdaktsut'yun. 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?
From khorhurd, advice: a meeting as 'advising together'; in the office they say it simpler, zhoghov, a gathering, or handipum, a meeting. 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.