LingoflyԳլուխս կը ցաւի: your body without "my"
To complain to a doctor you need one habit English lacks: possession is glued onto the word. glukh is a head in general; glukhs is my head; glukhd is your head. A separate "my" is not said: Im gluhə gə tsavi is not forbidden, but it sounds bookish. For example: “Ոտքերս կը (gə) ցաւին” (tsavin) — My legs hurt. A rule from the Western Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
To complain to a doctor you need one habit English lacks: possession is glued onto the word. glukh is a head in general; glukhs is my head; glukhd is your head. A separate "my" is not said: Im gluhə gə tsavi is not forbidden, but it sounds bookish.
Second: the ache aches by itself. The subject is the body part, not the person, and the verb agrees with it. One leg — vodk's gə tsavi; both — vodkers gə tsavin. "I ache" is not said.
The plural of the body follows the general rule: one-syllable words take -եր (dzerrk → dzerrer), longer ones -ներ (adam → adamner). The "my" ending comes after it, last: dzerrer + s = dzerrers. The order of the parts is always the same — the word, the number, whose.
Table
| Word | My | Your | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| գլուխ (klukh) — head | գլուխս (klukhs) | գլուխդ (klukht) | գլուխներ |
| ձեռք (tserrk') — hand | ձեռքս | ձեռքդ | ձեռքեր |
| ոտք (vodk') — leg | ոտքս | ոտքդ | ոտքեր |
| ատամ (adam) — tooth | ատամս (adams) | ատամդ | ատամներ |
By example
- Ոտքերս կը ցաւինvodk'ers gə tsavinMy legs hurt
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
How to say my head hurts?
To complain to a doctor you need one habit English lacks: possession is glued onto the word. glukh is a head in general; glukhs is my head; glukhd is your head. A separate "my" is not said: Im gluhə gə tsavi is not forbidden, but it sounds bookish.
Vodkers gə tsavi meaning?
Second: the ache aches by itself. The subject is the body part, not the person, and the verb agrees with it. One leg — vodk's gə tsavi; both — vodkers gə tsavin. "I ache" is not said.
Why body parts take a suffix?
The plural of the body follows the general rule: one-syllable words take -եր (dzerrk → dzerrer), longer ones -ներ (adam → adamner). The "my" ending comes after it, last: dzerrer + s = dzerrers. The order of the parts is always the same — the word, the number, whose.
Body parts and possessives?
Second: the ache aches by itself. The subject is the body part, not the person, and the verb agrees with it. One leg — vodk's gə tsavi; both — vodkers gə tsavin. "I ache" is not said.
What does it look like in a Western Armenian example sentence?
“Ոտքերս կը (gə) ցաւին” (tsavin) (vodk'ers gə tsavin) — My legs hurt. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.