Կրկնակի, տասնյակ, մէկուկես: fractions and multiples
Counting you can already do. This is about turning a number into "twice as much", "a group of ten" and "one and a half". The topic rests on three suffixes and one fusion device. -ակի — multiplicity. կրկնակի — Krkin (again) → krknaki (twofold); yerr- (three) → yerraki (threefold). For example: “Գինը կրկնակի բարձրացավ” — The price doubled. A rule from the Western Armenian course: worked out on examples, not memorized…
How it works
Counting you can already do. This is about turning a number into "twice as much", "a group of ten" and "one and a half". The topic rests on three suffixes and one fusion device. -ակի — multiplicity. կրկնակի (grgnagi) — Krkin (again) → krknaki (twofold); yerr- (three) → yerraki (threefold).
-պատիկ — the same, for verbs and big numbers. Krknapadkeł — to double; dasnapadik — tenfold. English "by an order of magnitude": dasnapadik aveli.
-յակ — a group of so many. Tas → tasnyak (a group of ten); hing → hingyak (a fivesome). The same suffix makes a group of things and a span of time.
Fusion with kes. Megukes (one and a half) = meg + u (and) + kes (half); then yergusukes, yerek'ukes. Fractions. Kes — a half; k'arrord — a quarter; a third has no word of its own: yerrord mas, literally "a third part". "By a third" — the ending -ով (-vov): meg yerrordov.
Table
| The number | The multiple | The group | The fraction |
|---|---|---|---|
| երկու (two) | կրկնակի | — | կէս |
| երեք (three) | եռակի | — | երրորդ մաս |
| չորս (four) | քառակի | — | քառորդ |
| տաս (ten) | տասնապատիկ | տասնյակ | մէկ տասներորդ |
By example
- Գինը կրկնակի բարձրացավkinə grgnagi partsratsavThe price doubled
- Ճանապարհը տեւեց մէկուկես ժամjanabarhə devets meguges zhamThe road took an hour and a half
- Ծախսերը կրճատվեցին մէկ երրորդովdzakhserə grjadvetsin meg yerrortovThe expenses were cut by a third
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
fractions and multiples: how does it work in Western Armenian?
Counting you can already do. This is about turning a number into "twice as much", "a group of ten" and "one and a half". The topic rests on three suffixes and one fusion device. -ակի — multiplicity. կրկնակի — Krkin (again) → krknaki (twofold); yerr- (three) → yerraki (threefold).
What does it look like in an example sentence Western Armenian?
“Գինը կրկնակի բարձրացավ” (kinə grgnagi partsratsav) — The price doubled. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.