Մտքի ընթացք
“Մտքի ընթացք” (mtk'i ənt'atsk') — train of thought in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Միտք in the 'of what' form loses its ի: մտքի. Ընթացք means a course, a run, and the same word means during. In a live sentence: “Չհասկացա նրա մտքի ընթացքը” — I did not follow his train of thought. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Մ, տ, ք, ի, ը, ն, թ, ա, ց, ք. A word from the everyday Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Մտքի ընթացք |
| Read in Latin letters | mtk'i ənt'atsk' |
| Translation | train of thought |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Մտքի ընթացքmtk'i ənt'atsk'train of thought
Why it looks that way
Միտք in the 'of what' form loses its ի: մտքի. Ընթացք means a course, a run, and the same word means during
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.
- Չհասկացա նրա մտքի ընթացքըchhaskatsa nra mtk'i ənt'atsk'əI did not follow his train of thought
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 “train of thought” in Armenian?
«Մտքի ընթացք», read “mtk'i ənt'atsk'”. In a live sentence: “Չհասկացա նրա մտքի ընթացքը” — I did not follow his train of thought. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Մ, տ, ք, ի, ը, ն, թ, ա, ց, ք.
How is “Մտքի ընթացք” written in Latin letters?
mtk'i ənt'atsk'. 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?
Միտք in the 'of what' form loses its ի: մտքի. Ընթացք means a course, a run, and the same word means during. 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.