Moving day in Western Armenian

How the whole thing sounds

The situation: moving day: a truck, boxes, a new address. First the whole conversation, then each line on its own, with a translation.

• Բարեւ ձեզ։ Բեռնատարը ժամը ինը պիտի ըլլա՞յ։

  parev tsez Perrnadarə zhamə inə bidi əllay

  Hello. Will the truck be there at nine?
• Այո, ինը անց տասին բակին մէջ ենք։

  ayo, inə ants dasin pagin mech enk'

  Yes, at ten past nine we'll be in the yard.
• Լաւ։ Իրերը արդէն փաթեթաւորած եմ, մօտ քսան արկղ է։

  lav Irerə arten p'at'et'avoradz em, mod k'san arggh e

  All right. I have already packed the things — about twenty boxes.
• Կահոյքը նոյնպէ՞ս։ Բեռնակիր պէ՞տք է։

  gahuyk'ə nuynbes Perrnagir bedk' e

  The furniture too? Is a porter needed?
• Այո, բազմոցը եւ երկու բազկաթոռ։ Երկու բեռնակիր բաւական է։

  ayo, pazmotsə yev yergu pazgat'orr Yergu perrnagir pavagan e

  Yes, the couch and two armchairs. Two porters are enough.
• Նոր հասցէն գրեցէք, կը խնդրեմ։

  nor hastsen kretsek', gə khntrem

  Write down the new address, please.
• Աբովեան փողոց, տասնըհինգ, երրորդ մուտք, չորրորդ յարկ։

  apovean p'oghots, dasnəhink, yerrort mudk', chorrort harg

  Abovyan Street, fifteen, third entrance, fourth floor.
• Վերելակ կա՞յ։ Եթէ չըլլայ, աւելի երկար պիտի տեւէ։

  verelag gay Yet'e chəllay, aveli yergar bidi deve

  Is there a lift? If not, it will take longer.

Lines one by one

How to prepare for a conversation like this

Memorizing the lines is not enough: the other person will say their own thing, not what is written. What helps more is catching the key words by ear and keeping three rescue phrases ready: “I don't understand”, “repeat, please”, “slower”.

And one more thing phrasebooks do not mention: awkwardness gets in the way more than not knowing the words.

• Fear of making mistakes gets in the way of learning a language, and noticeably so. The link turns up study after study, and together those studies cover almost twenty thousand people.checked many times
  Teimouri, Goetze & Plonsky, 2019, Studies in Second Language Acquisition 41(2) · 19,933 participants from 23 countries; correlation with results r = −0.36.
• That fear can be dealt with — the methods have been tested and they work.checked many times
  Xiong et al., 2024, Journal of Language and Social Psychology · 37 studies, anxiety reduced by −0.61. Of the seven conditions examined, only age turned out to matter.

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