in Western Armenian texts
Short in Western Armenian texts with a translation alongside and comprehension questions. Levels A1–A2: a stock of two or three hundred everyday words is already enough. The translation stands next to it whole, not word by word — a dictionary is still too early at this level: stopping at every other word tears the sentence apart.
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- 📖A morning in YerevanA1 · Good morning. I am Anna. I live in Yerevan. In the morning I drink coffee and eat bread…
- 📖At the marketA2 · On Saturday we go to the market. The market is close — ten minutes on foot. There are…
- 📖The market or the shopA2 · I love the market. The fruits there are fresh and cheaper than in the shop. The seller…
- 📖My apartmentA1 · I rented an apartment in Yerevan. It is on the third floor, and there is no lift. The…
- 📖At the doctor'sA2 · Yesterday I felt bad. My head ached; there was a fever. In the morning I made an…
- 📖The seasons of the yearA1 · Winter in Yerevan is cold but sunny. In January it snows, and the city turns white. In…
- 📖My working dayA2 · I am a teacher at a school. My working day starts at eight o'clock. On Mondays and…
- 📖Two nights in GyumriA2 · Last week I went to Gyumri by train. The ticket was one-way, and I had a seat by the…
- 📖A day on the shore of Lake SevanA2 · On Sunday my friends and I went to Sevan. On the beach the sand was hot, and the water…
- 📖A new coatA2 · Winter is coming, and I need a new coat. In the shop there were black and gray coats. The…
- 📖My friendA2 · Aram is my oldest friend. He is tall, with a beard, and he always laughs. By character he…
- 📖Dinner at a restaurantA2 · Yesterday my friend and I had dinner in old Yerevan. The waiter brought the menu and…
- 📖I left my phone at homeA2 · In the morning I was in a hurry and forgot my phone at home. At work I realized I could…
- 📖The barbershop and the workshopA2 · On Saturday morning I went to the barbershop, because my hair was very long. I asked for…
- 📖A concert by the CascadeA2 · A friend said that on Friday evening there would be a free concert by the Cascade. I love…
- 📖A feast at a monasteryA2 · On Sunday our whole family went to Geghard — an ancient monastery in the mountains. On…
- 📖Grandmother's yardA2 · My grandmother's house in the village has a low roof and a big yard. In the yard, by the…
- 📖The exams of the first semesterA2 · In January the exams of the first semester began. The hardest was chemistry, and I…
- 📖The monthly budgetA2 · At the beginning of the month my wife and I sit down and draw up the family budget. We…
- 📖Two days in hospitalA2 · On Monday morning my stomach ached badly, and my wife called an ambulance. At the…
- 📖The first month at a new jobB1 · For two months I looked for work and replied to ten advertisements. From three places I…
- 📖The new apartment in the third entranceB1 · The realtor showed us three apartments, and the last one was the best. The apartment we…
- 📖Four days by carA2 · In summer we rented a car for four days and drove around Armenia. On the first day we…
- 📖The news not worth believingB1 · Yesterday I saw a post on a social network: the headline was screaming, and thousands of…
- 📖An application to the policeB1 · On Tuesday evening my bag was stolen in the metro. Inside were my passport, my ID card…
- 📖Two jobs, one decisionB1 · Last month I received two job offers and could not decide for a long time. On the one…
- 📖An ordinary morningA2 · Usually I wake up at seven, but on Thursday I overslept. First I drink coffee, then I…
- 📖Two sisters, two charactersA2 · Ani and Lusine are sisters, but not at all alike. Ani is tall and slim, with curly hair…
- 📖Two weeks of silenceB1 · Last month my friend and I quarrelled and did not speak for two weeks. It all began with…
- 📖Grandmother's eggplants in the ovenA2 · On Sunday I cook eggplants by grandmother's recipe. First I clean the vegetables and cut…
- 📖The shoes that didn't fitB1 · Last week I bought shoes at the mall. In the shop window they were very beautiful, of…
- 📖The washing machine is making a noiseB1 · Two weeks ago the washing machine began to make a noise and heat up. At first I thought a…
- 📖A thunderstorm in the villageA2 · In August I was in my grandmother's village. In the morning it was sunny, and we went to…
- 📖In the new districtB1 · Last month we moved to the outskirts of the city. It is calmer here, the air is clean and…
- 📖How I am learning ArmenianB1 · I have been learning Armenian for a year, and the progress is noticeable. At first I…
- 📖Two cities, one lifeB1 · I was born in a small city, and my childhood passed in my grandmother's garden. In my…
- 📖A call not understoodA2 · Yesterday I received a call from an unknown number, and the connection was very bad. I…
- 📖The first day at the factoryA2 · The first day at the factory began with a safety briefing. The guard at the entrance gave…
- 📖The contract I didn't readB1 · I signed the internet contract without reading a single clause to the end. I thought the…
- 📖Cleaning the riverbankB1 · In spring the residents of our block decided to clean the river bank. The volunteers…
- 📖The book I rememberB1 · The novel I read at twelve I remember to this day. The cover was torn, and the first…
- 📖My first marathonA2 · I signed up for my first marathon at forty. For three months I trained every morning…
- 📖The measurements didn't matchA2 · We ordered a table for the kitchen and measured the wall — a meter and a half. The seller…
- 📖I got infected at the officeB1 · On Monday my roommate was coughing, but he did not put on a mask. On Wednesday I too…
- 📖The housewarmingA2 · The neighbors bought a new apartment and on Sunday held a housewarming. We brought bread…
- 📖The dispute that was settledB1 · At the meeting there were two points of view: some wanted to move to the centre, others…
- 📖If I had knownB1 · On Friday evening I decided to go to Gyumri, although the weather was spoiling. A friend…
- 📖The restoration of an old chairA2 · Grandmother's chair stood on the balcony and was already worn out. The wood had faded…
- 📖Lost in the forestA2 · On Saturday we went to the forest and decided to go straight across. Half an hour later…
- 📖The market calculationB1 · Every week the seller counts how much goods to bring. In summer peach sales double, and…
- 📖The decision that dragged onB1 · The roof of the house had to be replaced back in spring, but we put it off. In summer the…
- 📖The test at the laboratoryB1 · The scientists studied the water of the river for three months. Every week they took a…
- 📖The village over the yearsA2 · My grandfather was born in this village in the middle of the last century. In those years…
- 📖The river that was cleanedB1 · For twenty years the factory's waste waters flowed into the river, and the fish almost…
- 📖One day at the workshopB1 · In the morning everyone gathers for the briefing, then puts on the work clothes. The…
- 📖The train that was delayedA2 · Once I was going to my parents and was late for the station. Just at that moment it was…
- 📖The neighbor who kept silentB1 · The new neighbor was reserved and hardly spoke to us. In the yard they gossiped that he…
How to read a text in a language you barely know
First pass — all the way through, without peeking at the translation. The goal is not to understand but to catch familiar words: there will be more of them than you expect, and that feeling matters more than any rule.
Second pass — with the translation beside you. Now it becomes clear what exactly was in the way: an unknown word, a construction you did not get, or just reading speed.
Third pass — all the way through again. The second pass brings noticeably more, and this step is what makes reading useful: it turns analysis into recognition.
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read texts in Western Armenian?
A1–A2: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred. The translation sits next to it, so an unknown word does not stop the reading.
How many times should you reread the text?
Three times: without the translation, with it, and without it again. The third pass is what all of this is for — the second time you recognize noticeably more.