Այս շաբաթ
“Այս շաբաթ” (ays shapat') — this week in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Here շաբաթ is the week, and Armenian needs no preposition: the two words just stand together. In a live sentence: “Այս շաբաթ շատ զբաղած եմ” — This week I am very busy. Written with the characters Ա, յ, ս, շ, ա, բ, ա, թ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Այս շաբաթ |
| Read in Latin letters | ays shapat' |
| Translation | this week |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Here շաբաթ is the week, and Armenian needs no preposition: the two words just stand together
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.
- Այս շաբաթ շատ զբաղած եմays shapat' shad zpaghadz emThis week I am very busy
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 “this week” in Western Armenian?
«Այս շաբաթ», read “ays shapat'”. In a live sentence: “Այս շաբաթ շատ զբաղած եմ” — This week I am very busy. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ա, յ, ս, շ, ա, բ, ա, թ.
How is “Այս շաբաթ” written in Latin letters?
ays shapat'. 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?
Here շաբաթ is the week, and Armenian needs no preposition: the two words just stand together. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.