LingoflyAt a café and a restaurant in Armenian
11 words in Armenian on the topic “at a café and a restaurant”: Սուրճ (surch) — coffee, Թեյ (t'ey) — tea, Աղցան (aghtsan) — salad, Ապուր (apur) — soup. 11 words can be played from recordings.
11 words on the topic
- Սուրճsurchcoffeedrinking is one verb for everything: surch khmel, t'ey khmel, jur khmel
- Թեյt'eyteawritten with t', a t on the exhale; with plain t it would be a different word
- Աղցանaghtsansaladfrom agh — salt: literally 'the salted thing'. The same root in aghi — salty
- Ապուրapursoupstress on the last syllable: a-PUR. Broth needs no separate word — just msi apur, 'meat soup'
- Ուզում եմuzum emI wantfrom uzel. The present tense is uniform everywhere: stem + -um + the little linking verb. The politer kuzenayi means 'I would like'
- Հաշիվը, խնդրեմhashivə, khndremthe check, pleasehashiv — bill, -ə — the article: 'that very bill'. The same root in hashvel — to count, and hashvich — calculator
- Սրճարանsrcharancoffee shopsurch — coffee, but the u drops out in the derivative: srch-. The -aran ending marks a place: degharan, chasharan, gradaran
- Ճաշարանchasharancanteenfrom chash — lunch. It names both a factory canteen and an inexpensive place with hot food
- Սրճարանsrcharancafethe word also means 'coffee shop': the place where coffee is drunk and friends sit is one word for an Armenian
- ԿրուասանkruasancroissantA borrowing spelled exactly as it sounds: k-r-u-a-s-a-n. The general word for sweet pastry is khmoreghen; the croissant is picked out of it by this very word
- ԿապուչինոkapuchinocappuccinoDoes not decline: only the article at the very end changes — kapuchino em uzum, kapuchinon tak e
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Սուրճ (surch) — coffee. Drinking is one verb for everything: surch khmel, t'ey khmel, jur khmel.
Թեյ (t'ey) — tea. Written with t', a t on the exhale; with plain t it would be a different word.
Աղցան (aghtsan) — salad. From agh — salt: literally 'the salted thing'. The same root in aghi — salty.
Ապուր (apur) — soup. Stress on the last syllable: a-PUR. Broth needs no separate word — just msi apur, 'meat soup'.
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “coffee” in Armenian?
drinking is one verb for everything: surch khmel, t'ey khmel, jur khmel
- How do you say “canteen” in Armenian?
from chash — lunch. It names both a factory canteen and an inexpensive place with hot food
- How do you say “soup” in Armenian?
stress on the last syllable: a-PUR. Broth needs no separate word — just msi apur, 'meat soup'
- How do you say “cappuccino” in Armenian?
Does not decline: only the article at the very end changes — kapuchino em uzum, kapuchinon tak e
- How do you say “coffee shop” in Armenian?
surch — coffee, but the u drops out in the derivative: srch-. The -aran ending marks a place: degharan, chasharan, gradaran
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Order, ask the price, ask for the bill. A short and entirely predictable conversation — a convenient place to test yourself for the first time.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- 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.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “coffee” in Armenian?
«Սուրճ» (surch), read “surch”. Drinking is one verb for everything: surch khmel, t'ey khmel, jur khmel. It is one of 11 words in the set “at a café and a restaurant” — the rest are in the table above.
How many café phrases do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 11 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.
Is there audio?
Yes, 11 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.