Առաջ անցնել
“Առաջ անցնել” (arrach antsnel) — to overtake in Western Armenian. Verb, level B1. Literally 'to pass forward'. Whom you overtake takes the -ից 'from' ending: մրցակիցներից առաջ անցնել. In a live sentence: “Մեր թիմը առաջ անցավ մրցակիցներից” — Our team overtook the rivals. Written with the characters Ա, ռ, ա, ջ, ա, ն, ց, ն, ե, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Առաջ անցնել |
| Read in Latin letters | arrach antsnel |
| Translation | to overtake |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to pass forward'. Whom you overtake takes the -ից 'from' ending: մրցակիցներից առաջ անցնել
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.
- Մեր թիմը առաջ անցավ մրցակիցներիցmer t'imə arrach antsav mrtsagitsneritsOur team overtook the rivals
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 “to overtake” in Western Armenian?
«Առաջ անցնել», read “arrach antsnel”. In a live sentence: “Մեր թիմը առաջ անցավ մրցակիցներից” — Our team overtook the rivals. Verb, level B1; written with the characters Ա, ռ, ա, ջ, ա, ն, ց, ն, ե, լ.
How is “Առաջ անցնել” written in Latin letters?
arrach antsnel. 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 'to pass forward'. Whom you overtake takes the -ից 'from' ending: մրցակիցներից առաջ անցնել. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.