LingoflyԵս կարծում եմ
- Ես կարծում եմyes kartsum emI think
“Ես կարծում եմ” (yes kartsum em) — I think in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. K'artsel, to reckon, to opine; after the turn comes vor, that: Yes k'artsum em, vor skhal e; the pronoun can be dropped — the person sits in em — and kept when you argue and stress 'but I think'. In a live sentence: “Ես կարծում եմ, որ արժե փորձել” (yes kartsum em, vor arzhe p'ordzel) — I think it is worth a try. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Ես կարծում եմ (yes kartsum em) |
| Read in Latin letters | yes kartsum em |
| Translation | I think |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
K'artsel, to reckon, to opine; after the turn comes vor, that: Yes k'artsum em, vor skhal e; the pronoun can be dropped — the person sits in em — and kept when you argue and stress 'but I think'
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 think” in Armenian?
«Ես կարծում եմ» (yes kartsum em), read “yes kartsum em”. In a live sentence: “Ես կարծում եմ, որ արժե փորձել” (yes kartsum em, vor arzhe p'ordzel) — I think it is worth a try. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ե, ս, կ, ա, ր, ծ, ո, ւ, մ, ե, մ.
How is “Ես կարծում եմ” (yes kartsum em) written in Latin letters?
yes kartsum 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?
K'artsel, to reckon, to opine; after the turn comes vor, that: Yes k'artsum em, vor skhal e; the pronoun can be dropped — the person sits in em — and kept when you argue and stress 'but I think'. 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.