Ամոթ եմ զգում
“Ամոթ եմ զգում” (amot' em zkum) — I'm ashamed in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'I feel shame': here the person is the subject, not 'it is shameful to me'. Shorter and harsher is ամոթ է — that one is a rebuke aimed at someone else. In a live sentence: “Ամոթ եմ զգում իմ խոսքերի համար” — I'm ashamed of my words. Written with the characters Ա, մ, ո, թ, ե, մ, զ, գ, ո, ւ, մ.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ամոթ եմ զգում |
| Read in Latin letters | amot' em zkum |
| Translation | I'm ashamed |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'I feel shame': here the person is the subject, not 'it is shameful to me'. Shorter and harsher is ամոթ է — that one is a rebuke aimed at someone else
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.
- Ամոթ եմ զգում իմ խոսքերի համարamot' em zkum im khosk'eri hamarI'm ashamed of my words
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 “I'm ashamed” in Western Armenian?
«Ամոթ եմ զգում», read “amot' em zkum”. In a live sentence: “Ամոթ եմ զգում իմ խոսքերի համար” — I'm ashamed of my words. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, մ, ո, թ, ե, մ, զ, գ, ո, ւ, մ.
How is “Ամոթ եմ զգում” written in Latin letters?
amot' em zkum. 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?
Literally 'I feel shame': here the person is the subject, not 'it is shameful to me'. Shorter and harsher is ամոթ է — that one is a rebuke aimed at someone else. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.