Մեկ գիշերվա համար
“Մեկ գիշերվա համար” (mek gisherva hamar) — for one night in Armenian. Phrase, level A2. gisher gives gisherva in the 'of what' form; here hamar is already the preposition 'for', not 'number'. In a live sentence: “Մեկ գիշերվա համար է” — It is for one night. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Մ, ե, կ, գ, ի, շ, ե, ր, վ, ա, հ, ա. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Մեկ գիշերվա համար |
| Read in Latin letters | mek gisherva hamar |
| Translation | for one night |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- Մեկ գիշերվա համարmek gisherva hamarfor one night
Why it looks that way
gisher gives gisherva in the 'of what' form; here hamar is already the preposition 'for', not 'number'
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.
- Մեկ գիշերվա համար էmek gisherva hamar eIt is for one night
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 “for one night” in Armenian?
«Մեկ գիշերվա համար», read “mek gisherva hamar”. In a live sentence: “Մեկ գիշերվա համար է” — It is for one night. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Մ, ե, կ, գ, ի, շ, ե, ր, վ, ա, հ, ա.
How is “Մեկ գիշերվա համար” written in Latin letters?
mek gisherva hamar. 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?
gisher gives gisherva in the 'of what' form; here hamar is already the preposition 'for', not 'number'. 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.