LingoflyDon't open it: a prohibition with the particle մի
"Don't do it" is built with the particle մի (mi) before the verb. The form after it is its own, not the one used in a request: -ր for informal "you", -ք for polite "you". մի (mi) գրեր — don't write; մի (mi) գրէք — please don't write; Ձեռք մի տաք (tserrk' mi dak') — don't touch. For example: “Այս (ays) դուռը (turrə) մի (mi) բանաք” — Don't open this door. A rule from the Western Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
"Don't do it" is built with the particle մի (mi) before the verb. The form after it is its own, not the one used in a request: -ր for informal "you", -ք for polite "you". մի (mi) գրեր — don't write; մի (mi) գրէք — please don't write; Ձեռք մի տաք (tserrk' mi dak') — don't touch.
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By example
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Don't open it: how does it work in Western Armenian?
"Don't do it" is built with the particle մի (mi) before the verb. The form after it is its own, not the one used in a request: -ր for informal "you", -ք for polite "you". մի (mi) գրեր — don't write; մի (mi) գրէք — please don't write; Ձեռք մի տաք (tserrk' mi dak') — don't touch.
What does it look like in a Western Armenian example sentence?
“Այս (ays) դուռը (turrə) մի (mi) բանաք” (ays turrə mi panak') — Don't open this door. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.