Ամեն ինչ առաջվա պես
“Ամեն ինչ առաջվա պես” (amen inch arrachva bes) — everything as before in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Առաջ in its -ի 'of' form gives առաջվա, 'of before'. Պես is the word of comparison and stands after the noun. In a live sentence: “Վերադարձա, եւ ամեն ինչ առաջվա պես էր” — I came back, and everything was as before. Written with the characters Ա, մ, ե, ն, ի, ն, չ, ա, ռ, ա, ջ, վ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ամեն ինչ առաջվա պես |
| Read in Latin letters | amen inch arrachva bes |
| Translation | everything as before |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Առաջ in its -ի 'of' form gives առաջվա, 'of before'. Պես is the word of comparison and stands after the noun
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.
- Վերադարձա, եւ ամեն ինչ առաջվա պես էրveratartsa, yev amen inch arrachva bes erI came back, and everything was as before
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 “everything as before” in Western Armenian?
«Ամեն ինչ առաջվա պես», read “amen inch arrachva bes”. In a live sentence: “Վերադարձա, եւ ամեն ինչ առաջվա պես էր” — I came back, and everything was as before. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, մ, ե, ն, ի, ն, չ, ա, ռ, ա, ջ, վ.
How is “Ամեն ինչ առաջվա պես” written in Latin letters?
amen inch arrachva bes. 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?
Առաջ in its -ի 'of' form gives առաջվա, 'of before'. Պես is the word of comparison and stands after the noun. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.