LingoflyՏան դուռը: how a noun's word group is built
In talk about renting, several other words gather around one noun, and their order is strict. For example: “Հարեւանի (harevani) տան (dan) դուռը (turrə) միշտ (mishd) բաց (pats) է” — The door of the neighbor's house is always open. A rule from the Western Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
In talk about renting, several other words gather around one noun, and their order is strict.
Rule one: everything that describes stands to the left, the head of the group to the right. An adjective agrees with nothing: nor never changes. A number is also on the left, and the noun after it stays singular: yergu seniag. A demonstrative comes first of all.
Rule two: the owner goes in front, in its -ի (-i) 'of' form — dan durrə, literally "of-the-house the-door". And -ը is put once, on the last word of the group: medz lusavor bnagaranə — a big bright flat. The same with the owner: dan durrə — on the door, not on the house.
Table
| What you add | Where it stands | Example | In English |
|---|---|---|---|
| an adjective | on the left, unchanged | նոր (nor) բնակարան (pnagaran) | a new flat |
| a number | on the left, the noun in the singular | երկու (yergu) սենեակ (seneag) | two rooms |
| a demonstrative | first of all | այս (ays) մեծ (medz) սենեակը (seneagə) | this big room |
| the owner | on the left, in its -ի form | տան (dan) դուռը (turrə) | the door of the house |
| the article -ը | once, on the last word | մեծ (medz) լուսաւոր (lusavor) բնակարանը (pnagaranə) | the big bright flat |
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
how a noun's word group is built: how does it work in Western Armenian?
In talk about renting, several other words gather around one noun, and their order is strict.
What does it look like in a Western Armenian example sentence?
“Հարեւանի (harevani) տան (dan) դուռը (turrə) միշտ (mishd) բաց (pats) է” (harevani dan turrə mishd pats e) — The door of the neighbor's house is always open. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.