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- Մասամբ համաձայն եմmasamb hamadzayn emI partly agree
“Մասամբ համաձայն եմ” (masamb hamadzayn em) — I partly agree in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Mas, a part, masamb, partly; the formula of a polite argument: first concede a part, then object — Masamb hamadzayn em, bayts…; full agreement is liovin hamadzayn em. In a live sentence: “Մասամբ համաձայն եմ, բայց ոչ ամեն ինչում” (masamb hamadzayn em, bayts voch amen inchum) — I partly agree, but not about everything. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Մասամբ համաձայն եմ (masamb hamadzayn em) |
| Read in Latin letters | masamb hamadzayn em |
| Translation | I partly agree |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Mas, a part, masamb, partly; the formula of a polite argument: first concede a part, then object — Masamb hamadzayn em, bayts…; full agreement is liovin hamadzayn em
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 partly agree” in Armenian?
«Մասամբ համաձայն եմ» (masamb hamadzayn em), read “masamb hamadzayn em”. In a live sentence: “Մասամբ համաձայն եմ, բայց ոչ ամեն ինչում” (masamb hamadzayn em, bayts voch amen inchum) — I partly agree, but not about everything. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Մ, ա, ս, ա, մ, բ, հ, ա, մ, ա, ձ, ա…
How is “Մասամբ համաձայն եմ” (masamb hamadzayn em) written in Latin letters?
masamb hamadzayn em. 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?
Mas, a part, masamb, partly; the formula of a polite argument: first concede a part, then object — Masamb hamadzayn em, bayts…; full agreement is liovin hamadzayn em. 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.