Չի միանար
“Չի միանար” (chi mianar) — it won't turn on in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. the same family as միացնել without the -ցն-: միանալ is to turn on by itself. Compare the չի աշխատիր you know — it does not work. In a live sentence: “Համակարգիչը չի միանար” — The computer won't turn on. Written with the characters Չ, ի, մ, ի, ա, ն, ա, ր. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Չի միանար |
| Read in Latin letters | chi mianar |
| Translation | it won't turn on |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
the same family as միացնել without the -ցն-: միանալ is to turn on by itself. Compare the չի աշխատիր you know — it does not work
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.
- Համակարգիչը չի միանարhamagarkichə chi mianarThe computer won't turn on
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 “it won't turn on” in Western Armenian?
«Չի միանար», read “chi mianar”. In a live sentence: “Համակարգիչը չի միանար” — The computer won't turn on. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Չ, ի, մ, ի, ա, ն, ա, ր.
How is “Չի միանար” written in Latin letters?
chi mianar. 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 same family as միացնել without the -ցն-: միանալ is to turn on by itself. Compare the չի աշխատիր you know — it does not work. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.