LingoflyPronouns in Armenian
25 words in Armenian on the topic “pronouns”: Ես (yes) — I, Դու (du) — you, Դուք (duk') — you (plural), Նա (na) — he. 25 words can be played from recordings.
25 words on the topic
- ԵսyesIsounds like yes; the letter e at the start of a word gives a ye sound
- Դուduyoufor family, children and peers; with a stranger it is duk'
- Դուքduk'you (plural)one word for the polite 'you' and for 'you' about several people
- ՆաnaheArmenian has no gender: the same na means he, she and it
- Մենքmenk'wethe -k' ending marks the plural: yes → menk', du → duk', na → nrank'. All three pronouns are built the same way
- Նրանքnrank'theyna plus the same -nk' as in menk'. Sounds like nə-RANK': a little schwa sneaks in between the first letters
- Իմimmythe noun after it takes the article: im tunə. Plan B is a tail on the noun: tuns — the same thing
- Քոk'oyourthe tail version is -d: girk'd — your book. The polite 'your' is Dzer, with a capital
- Մերmerourdo not confuse with merr, the root of dying: one letter and the length of the rolled rr apart
- Ձերdzeryour (polite)in polite address it is written with a capital — Dzer — and so is Duk'
- Նրաnrahis, her, their (whose)no gender in Armenian: nra works about a man and a woman alike. 'Their' is nrancts
- Իրirone's ownmarks the doer's own thing and is just as obligatory as its meaning: ir girkə — his own book, nra girkə — somebody else's
- Ինքսink'smyselfit changes with the person: ink's, ink'd, inkə. The tail is the same one 'my, your, his' use
- Ամբողջamboghjthe wholeSay
amboghj orəfor 'the whole day'.Bolormeans 'all' the people or things in a group. - Յուրաքանչյուրըyurak'anchyureach ofa long bookish word. In speech amen mekə — 'every single one' — does the job
- Ցանկացածtsankatsatsanya participle of ts'ankanalu — to wish: literally 'wished'. The equal voreve is shorter
- Այսaysthisthree degrees of distance: ays is by me, ayd is by you, ayn is over there
- Այնaynthatthe farthest of the three steps. The pronoun na — he — and its oblique nra come from the same stem
- Այսպիսիayspisisuchthree steps here too: ayspisi, aydpisi, aynpisi — at the same distances
- Ուրիշurishanotherurish is the colloquial word, ayl the bookish one. Speech almost always takes the first
- Ոչ միvoch minoneliterally 'not one'. It demands a negation on the verb: voch mi khndir chka
- Ինչ-որ մեկըinch-vor mekəsomebodyliterally 'some kind of one'. Inch-vor is the general prefix of indefiniteness
- Ինչ-որ բանinch-vor bansomething or otherliterally 'some kind of thing'. The partner of inch-vor mekə, assembled the same way
- Նրանցից ոչ ոքnrants'its' voch vok'none of themvoch ok' — nobody — plus the 'from where' form of the group. The negation on the verb is obligatory
- Ոչինչvochinchnothingit also serves as the polite answer to thanks and apologies — 'it is nothing'
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How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
What is worth knowing about these words
Ես (yes) — I. Em — 'am, is' — almost always stands beside it: yes lav em is literally 'I good am'.
Դու (du) — you. For family, children and peers; with a stranger it is duk'.
Դուք (duk') — you (plural). One word for the polite 'you' and for 'you' about several people.
Նա (na) — he. Armenian has no gender: the same na means he, she and it.
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is Ես (yes) — I.
- What is this word?
It is Քո (k'o) — your.
- What is this word?
It is Յուրաքանչյուրը (yurak'anchyur) — each of.
- What is this word?
It is Ինչ-որ մեկը (inch-vor mekə) — somebody.
- What is this word?
It is Նա (na) — he.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “I” in Armenian?
em — 'am, is' — almost always stands beside it: yes lav em is literally 'I good am'
- How do you say “your” in Armenian?
the tail version is -d: girk'd — your book. The polite 'your' is Dzer, with a capital
- How do you say “each of” in Armenian?
a long bookish word. In speech amen mekə — 'every single one' — does the job
- How do you say “somebody” in Armenian?
literally 'some kind of one'. Inch-vor is the general prefix of indefiniteness
- How do you say “he” in Armenian?
Armenian has no gender: the same na means he, she and it
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
I, you, we, they. There is a handful of them, they turn up in every sentence, and politeness rides on them: most of these languages keep a formal “you” apart from a familiar one, and choosing the wrong one is noticed faster than a mispronounced word.
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 “I” in Armenian?
«Ես» (yes), read “yes”. Sounds like yes; the letter e at the start of a word gives a ye sound. It is one of 25 words in the set “pronouns” — the rest are in the table above.
How many pronouns do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 25 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, 25 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.