Ճի՞շտ հասկացած եմ
“Ճի՞շտ հասկացած եմ” (jishd hasgatsadz em) — did I understand correctly in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. The role of the English 'whether' is played by the mark ՞ on the word in question — here it stands over ճիշտ. It usually continues with a retelling: ճի՞շտ եմ հասկացել, որ ... In a live sentence: “Ճի՞շտ հասկացած եմ, որ վաղը փակ եք” — Did I understand correctly that you are closed tomorrow? A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ճի՞շտ հասկացած եմ |
| Read in Latin letters | jishd hasgatsadz em |
| Translation | did I understand correctly |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The role of the English 'whether' is played by the mark ՞ on the word in question — here it stands over ճիշտ. It usually continues with a retelling: ճի՞շտ եմ հասկացել, որ ...
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.
- Ճի՞շտ հասկացած եմ, որ վաղը փակ եքjishd hasgatsadz em, vor vaghə p'ag ek'Did I understand correctly that you are closed tomorrow?
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 “did I understand correctly” in Western Armenian?
«Ճի՞շտ հասկացած եմ», read “jishd hasgatsadz em”. In a live sentence: “Ճի՞շտ հասկացած եմ, որ վաղը փակ եք” — Did I understand correctly that you are closed tomorrow? Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ճ, ի, շ, տ, հ, ա, ս, կ, ա, ց, ա, ծ.
How is “Ճի՞շտ հասկացած եմ” written in Latin letters?
jishd hasgatsadz em. 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 role of the English 'whether' is played by the mark ՞ on the word in question — here it stands over ճիշտ. It usually continues with a retelling: ճի՞շտ եմ հասկացել, որ ... A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.