Արագ եմ սովորում
“Արագ եմ սովորում” (arak em sovorum) — I learn fast in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. The little verb եմ, am, stands between the adverb and the participle — the normal Armenian order in the present. You could say կը ուսանիմ արագ, but it sounds like a correction. In a live sentence: “Մի անհանգստացեք, արագ եմ սովորում” — Do not worry, I learn fast. Written with the characters Ա, ր, ա, գ, ե, մ, ս, ո, վ, ո, ր, ո.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Արագ եմ սովորում |
| Read in Latin letters | arak em sovorum |
| Translation | I learn fast |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The little verb եմ, am, stands between the adverb and the participle — the normal Armenian order in the present. You could say կը ուսանիմ արագ, but it sounds like a correction
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.
- Մի անհանգստացեք, արագ եմ սովորումmi anhanksdatsek', arak em sovorumDo not worry, I learn fast
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 learn fast” in Western Armenian?
«Արագ եմ սովորում», read “arak em sovorum”. In a live sentence: “Մի անհանգստացեք, արագ եմ սովորում” — Do not worry, I learn fast. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, ր, ա, գ, ե, մ, ս, ո, վ, ո, ր, ո.
How is “Արագ եմ սովորում” written in Latin letters?
arak em sovorum. 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?
The little verb եմ, am, stands between the adverb and the participle — the normal Armenian order in the present. You could say կը ուսանիմ արագ, but it sounds like a correction. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.