LingoflyՎազցնել, հագցնել, հասցնել: to make, to give and to bring to
At the gym, many phrases are about one person making another act: the coach drills the team, a mother dresses her child. For this you insert -ցն- into the verb: կը (gə) վազցնէ (gə vaztsne) — makes run, հագցուր — dress (him), քնացուր — put (him) to bed. For example: “Մարզիչը (marzichə) մարզիկները մէկ (meg) ժամ (zham) կը (gə) վազցնէ” — The coach makes the athletes run for an hour. A rule from the Western Armenian course: worked out on examples, not…
How it works
At the gym, many phrases are about one person making another act: the coach drills the team, a mother dresses her child. For this you insert -ցն- into the verb: կը (gə) վազցնէ (gə vaztsne) — makes run, հագցուր (haktsur) — dress (him), քնացուր (k'natsur) — put (him) to bed.
Who is made to act. The second person is an ordinary object with the article: մարզիկները մէկ (meg) ժամ (zham) կը (gə) վազցնէ (marzignerə meg zham gə vaztsne) — he makes the athletes run for an hour. Likewise Երեխան (yerekhan) հագցուր (yerekhan haktsur) — dress the child.
The pair people mix up. When you do it yourself, the verb takes a different marker, -ու- (-u): կը (gə) մարզուիմ (marzuim) (gə marzuim) — I train myself, while կը (gə) մարզէ (gə marze) — he trains others.
Table
| Oneself | Someone else | In English |
|---|---|---|
| վազել (vazel) — to run | վազցնել | to make someone run |
| նստիլ (nsdil) — to sit down | նստեցնել | to seat |
| հագնիլ (haknil) — to put on, to get dressed | հագցնել | to dress someone |
| քնանալ (k'nanal) — to sleep | քնացնել | to put to bed |
| հասնիլ (hasnil) — to reach | հասցնել (hastsnel) | to deliver, to manage in time |
| մարզուիլ (marzuil) — to train oneself | մարզել | to train someone |
| ծանօթանալ (dzanot'anal) — to get acquainted | ծանօթացնել (dzanot'atsnel) | to introduce |
| տաք (dak') — warm | տաքցնել (dak'tsnel) | to heat |
| կարճ (garj) — short | կարճցնել | to shorten |
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
to make, to give and to bring to: how does it work in Western Armenian?
At the gym, many phrases are about one person making another act: the coach drills the team, a mother dresses her child. For this you insert -ցն- into the verb: կը (gə) վազցնէ (gə vaztsne) — makes run, հագցուր — dress (him), քնացուր — put (him) to bed.
What does it look like in a Western Armenian example sentence?
“Մարզիչը (marzichə) մարզիկները մէկ (meg) ժամ (zham) կը (gə) վազցնէ” (marzichə marzignerə meg zham gə vaztsne) — The coach makes the athletes run for an hour. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.