Ամեն անգամ աւելի լաւ
“Ամեն անգամ աւելի լաւ” (amen ankam aveli lav) — better every time in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. ամեն անգամ every time, աւելի լաւ better: the comparison goes through the familiar աւելի. The English 'with each' has no counterpart here. In a live sentence: “Ամեն անգամ աւելի լաւ ես կարդում” — You read better every time. Written with the characters Ա, մ, ե, ն, ա, ն, գ, ա, մ, ա, ւ, ե. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ամեն անգամ աւելի լաւ |
| Read in Latin letters | amen ankam aveli lav |
| Translation | better every time |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
ամեն անգամ every time, աւելի լաւ better: the comparison goes through the familiar աւելի. The English 'with each' has no counterpart here
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Ամեն անգամ աւելի լաւ ես կարդումamen ankam aveli lav yes gartumYou read better every time
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “better every time” in Western Armenian?
«Ամեն անգամ աւելի լաւ», read “amen ankam aveli lav”. In a live sentence: “Ամեն անգամ աւելի լաւ ես կարդում” — You read better every time. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, մ, ե, ն, ա, ն, գ, ա, մ, ա, ւ, ե.
How is “Ամեն անգամ աւելի լաւ” written in Latin letters?
amen ankam aveli lav. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
ամեն անգամ every time, աւելի լաւ better: the comparison goes through the familiar աւելի. The English 'with each' has no counterpart here. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.