LingoflyՊանքէն, քեզմէ, անկէ: the -է(ն) case and everything it can do
The ending -է(ն) marks a source: it answers "from where", "from whom" and "from what". You add it straight to the word: պանք (bank') → պանքէն, տուն (dun) → տունէն (dunen). The final ն is almost always pronounced. For example: “Այս (ays) սակագինը (sagakinə) միւսէն (myusen) աժան (azhan) է” — This rate is cheaper than the other one. A rule from the Western Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The ending -է(ն) marks a source: it answers "from where", "from whom" and "from what". You add it straight to the word: պանք (bank') → պանքէն, տուն (dun) → տունէն (dunen). The final ն is almost always pronounced.
From where and from whom. English splits this among from, off and out of; here one ending does it all: Յաճախորդէն (hajakhorten) — from the client, առաքումէն ետք (yedk') (arrak'umen yedk') — after delivery.
Comparison and cause. "Cheaper than the other" uses the same case: միւսէն (myusen) աժան (azhan) (myusen azhan). A cause sounds the same: վախէն (vakhen) — out of fear.
Giving up. The verb "to give up" takes it too: Գործարքէն հրաժարեցան (kordzark'en hrazharetsan) — they gave up the deal. Pronouns have forms of their own: ինծմէ (indzme), քեզմէ (k'ezme), անկէ (ange) (ange) — from me, from you, from him.
Table
| Job of the case | Example | In English |
|---|---|---|
| from where | գործարանէն եկայ (yega) | I came from the factory |
| from whom | հաճախորդէն առնել (arrnel) | to take from a client |
| than (comparison) | միւսէն (myusen) աժան (azhan) | cheaper than the other |
| because of what | ցուրտէն (tsurden) դողալ | to shiver from the cold |
| of what (material) | փայտէն շինուած | made of wood |
| give up what | գործարքէն հրաժարիլ (hrazharil) | to give up a deal |
| depend on what | եղանակէն կախուած (gakhuadz) | depending on the weather |
| I, you, he | ինծմէ (indzme), քեզմէ (k'ezme), անկէ (ange) | from me, from you, from him |
By example
- Գործարքէն հրաժարեցան վախէն, ոչ թէ հաշուարկէնkordzark'en hrazharetsan vakhen, voch t'e hashvargenThey gave up the deal out of fear, not by calculation
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 where i am from?
The ending -է(ն) marks a source: it answers "from where", "from whom" and "from what". You add it straight to the word: պանք (bank') → պանքէն, տուն (dun) → տունէն (dunen). The final ն is almost always pronounced.
K ezme and anke forms?
Giving up. The verb "to give up" takes it too: Գործարքէն հրաժարեցան — they gave up the deal. Pronouns have forms of their own: ինծմէ (indzme), քեզմէ (k'ezme), անկէ (ange) — from me, from you, from him.
How to say cheaper than the other?
Comparison and cause. "Cheaper than the other" uses the same case: միւսէն (myusen) աժան (azhan) (myusen azhan). A cause sounds the same: վախէն (vakhen) — out of fear.
Take money from a customer?
The ending -է(ն) marks a source: it answers "from where", "from whom" and "from what". You add it straight to the word: պանք (bank') → պանքէն, տուն (dun) → տունէն (dunen). The final ն is almost always pronounced.
Depends on the weather?
The ending -է(ն) marks a source: it answers "from where", "from whom" and "from what". You add it straight to the word: պանք (bank') → պանքէն, տուն (dun) → տունէն (dunen). The final ն is almost always pronounced.
Afraid of the punishment?
From where and from whom. English splits this among from, off and out of; here one ending does it all: Յաճախորդէն (hajakhorten) — from the client, առաքումէն ետք (yedk') — after delivery.
What does it look like in a Western Armenian example sentence?
“Այս (ays) սակագինը (sagakinə) միւսէն (myusen) աժան (azhan) է” (ays sagakinə myusen azhan e) — This rate is cheaper than the other one. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.