Lingoflyև — yev
«yev» is a ligature of the Western Armenian script, the aybuben, read as “yev”. "Yev" at the start of a word and as a word of its own ("and"); after a consonant — "ev". For example, in the word “Բարեւ” (parev) — hello. The Western Armenian alphabet has 38 letters in total. This character does not count as a letter of the alphabet. Ե and ւ grown into one letter. It has no uppercase form: at the start of a word one writes Եւ (yev).
In short
| Character | և |
| Name | yev |
| Sound | yev |
| What it is | a ligature |
In our course the character comes 4th of 40: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are ր and վ.
How to type և
- On a phone: add the Armenian keyboard in the keyboard settings (Gboard on Android; Keyboards in the iPhone settings).
- In Word on Windows: type U+0587 and press Alt+X right after it — the code turns into the character.
- On a Mac: switch to the Unicode Hex Input source, hold Option and type 0587.
- Unicode code point: U+0587. With it, the character can be found in the character map of any system.
How it sounds
"Yev" at the start of a word and as a word of its own ("and"); after a consonant — "ev"
The character in a word
A lone character is hard to remember: memory holds on to meaning, and a letter has none. The word it stands in provides that anchor.
The character in the “ligature” group
ե and ւ grown together. It has no uppercase form of its own: at the start of a word one writes Եւ (yev).
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound (for «yev» it is “yev”, as in the word “Բարեւ” (parev)), see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 38 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Western Armenian character և read?
As “yev” — it is a ligature of the Western Armenian script, the aybuben. "Yev" at the start of a word and as a word of its own ("and"); after a consonant — "ev". For example, in the word “Բարեւ” (parev) — hello.