Ամուսնության գրանցում
“Ամուսնության գրանցում” (amusnut'yan krantsum) — marriage registration in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. ամուսնանալ means to marry for both the man and the woman, one verb for both. The registry office in Armenia is ՔԿԱԳ, spelled out letter by letter. In a live sentence: “Ամուսնության գրանցումը նշանակված է ուրբաթ” — The marriage registration is set for Friday. Written with the characters Ա, մ, ո, ւ, ս, ն, ո, ւ, թ, յ, ա, ն. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ամուսնության գրանցում |
| Read in Latin letters | amusnut'yan krantsum |
| Translation | marriage registration |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
ամուսնանալ means to marry for both the man and the woman, one verb for both. The registry office in Armenia is ՔԿԱԳ, spelled out letter by letter
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.
- Ամուսնության գրանցումը նշանակված է ուրբաթamusnut'yan krantsumə nshanagvadz e urpat'The marriage registration is set for Friday
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 “marriage registration” in Western Armenian?
«Ամուսնության գրանցում», read “amusnut'yan krantsum”. In a live sentence: “Ամուսնության գրանցումը նշանակված է ուրբաթ” — The marriage registration is set for Friday. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Ա, մ, ո, ւ, ս, ն, ո, ւ, թ, յ, ա, ն.
How is “Ամուսնության գրանցում” written in Latin letters?
amusnut'yan krantsum. 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?
ամուսնանալ means to marry for both the man and the woman, one verb for both. The registry office in Armenia is ՔԿԱԳ, spelled out letter by letter. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.