LingoflyAsking the way in Armenian
23 words in Armenian on the topic “asking the way”: Որտե՞ղ է (vorteh e) — where?, Աջ (aj) — right, Ձախ (dzakh) — left, Ուղիղ (ughigh) — straight. 23 words can be played from recordings.
23 words on the topic
- Որտե՞ղ էvorteh ewhere?literally 'where is'. The linking verb e is obligatory: without it the question sounds cut off
- Աջajrightboth the side and the right hand. The direction is set by the case, not by a new word: aj — to the right, ajits — from the right
- Ձախdzakhleftthe partner of aj, built the same way: dzakh — to the left, dzakhits — from the left. Dz is one fused dz sound
- Ուղիղughighstraightstraight ahead on the road, a straight line, and even a live broadcast — ughigh yet'er
- Մոտmotcloseit also works as 'near' — but it follows the word: metroyi mot — by the metro
- Հեռուherrufardouble rr — rolled. Hence herrakhos — telephone, 'far-speaker', and herrustats'uyts' — television
- Այստեղaysteghhereays — this, tegh — place: 'this place'. Ayntegh, 'there', is built on the same scheme
- Այնտեղaynteghthereayn — that, tegh — place. One syllable apart from aystegh: ays versus ayn
- Ինչպես հասնելinchpes hasnelhow do I getthe question uses hasnel — 'to reach' — not 'to go'; in lively speech the question hook sits on the vowel: inchpes
- Ժամանելzhamanelto arrivehasnel is the everyday 'make it'; zhamanel is the arrival of trains and timetables
- Մյուս կողմումmyus koghmumon the other sidekoghm — side — in the local -um; no preposition stands in front of it
- Երկու քայլի վրաyerku k'ayli vratwo steps awayvra follows the name and demands the 'of what' form, so k'ayl becomes k'ayli
- Շրջադարձից հետոshrjadardzits hetoafter the turnshrjadardz means 'turn'; Armenian says not 'behind' but 'after the turn' — the 'from where' form plus heto
- Ձախ կողմումdzakh koghmumto the left ofIt follows the name: what you count from stands before it in the 'of what' form — khanut'i dzakh koghmum
- Աջ կողմումaj koghmumto the right ofthe partner of dzakh koghmum and behaves the same: the noun before it goes in the 'of what' form
- Կենտրոնումkentronumin the very middlemejteghum means 'in the midst'; kentronum is exactly in the middle, of a square or a room
- Հաջորդ շրջադարձhajord shrjadardzthe next turnhajord does not change; the form is carried by shrjadardz
- Ճանապարհինchanaparhinon the waychanaparh — road — in the local case; no preposition is needed, the ending carries it
- Այստեղaysteghover herethe same word also means 'here': place and direction are not split — aystegh em, I am here; ari aystegh, come here. Just as ayntegh is both there and thither
- Այնտեղիցaynteghitsfrom thereayntegh — there and thither — plus the 'from where' form -its, which adds 'from where'; verevits and nersits are built the same way. 'From here' is aysteghits
- Տունtunhometun means 'house'; 'home' is the same word with no tail at all, the verb carries the direction: tun em gnum. At home, in place, is tanə
- Դեպի աջdepi ajto the rightdepi is the preposition of motion, as in depi lavə; aj is right. Ajits would be 'from the right' — a turn is depi
- Դեպի ձախdepi dzakhto the leftthe partner of depi aj; dzakhits means 'on the left', same as dzakh koghmum. A left-handed person is dzakhlik
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Որտե՞ղ է (vorteh e) — where? Literally 'where is'. The linking verb e is obligatory: without it the question sounds cut off.
Աջ (aj) — right. Both the side and the right hand. The direction is set by the case, not by a new word: aj — to the right, ajits — from the right.
Ձախ (dzakh) — left. The partner of aj, built the same way: dzakh — to the left, dzakhits — from the left. Dz is one fused dz sound.
Ուղիղ (ughigh) — straight. Straight ahead on the road, a straight line, and even a live broadcast — ughigh yet'er.
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 Որտե՞ղ է (vorteh e) — where?
- What is this word?
It is Այնտեղ (ayntegh) — there.
- What is this word?
It is Աջ կողմում (aj koghmum) — to the right of.
- What is this word?
It is Դեպի աջ (depi aj) — to the right.
- What is this word?
It is Հեռու (herru) — far.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “where?” in Armenian?
literally 'where is'. The linking verb e is obligatory: without it the question sounds cut off
- How do you say “there” in Armenian?
ayn — that, tegh — place. One syllable apart from aystegh: ays versus ayn
- How do you say “to the right of” in Armenian?
the partner of dzakh koghmum and behaves the same: the noun before it goes in the 'of what' form
- How do you say “to the right” in Armenian?
depi is the preposition of motion, as in depi lavə; aj is right. Ajits would be 'from the right' — a turn is depi
- How do you say “far” in Armenian?
double rr — rolled. Hence herrakhos — telephone, 'far-speaker', and herrustats'uyts' — television
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Right, left, straight on, how far. You ask the way rarely — and always at the moment when there is no time to work it out.
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 “where?” in Armenian?
«Որտե՞ղ է» (vorteh e), read “vorteh e”. Literally 'where is'. The linking verb e is obligatory: without it the question sounds cut off. It is one of 23 words in the set “asking the way” — the rest are in the table above.
How many direction words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 23 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, 23 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.