Այդ վիճելի է
“Այդ վիճելի է” (ayt vijeli e) — that is debatable in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. վիճել is 'to argue', վիճելի is 'debatable'. The linker է stands last, and that matters: Armenian է loves the final seat, not the second one English 'is' takes. A dispute is վէճ. In a live sentence: “Այդ վիճելի է, եկեք քննարկենք” — That is debatable, let's discuss it. Written with the characters Ա, յ, դ, վ, ի, ճ, ե, լ, ի, է.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Այդ վիճելի է |
| Read in Latin letters | ayt vijeli e |
| Translation | that is debatable |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
վիճել is 'to argue', վիճելի is 'debatable'. The linker է stands last, and that matters: Armenian է loves the final seat, not the second one English 'is' takes. A dispute is վէճ
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.
- Այդ վիճելի է, եկեք քննարկենքayt vijeli e, yegek' k'nnargenk'That is debatable, let's discuss it
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 “that is debatable” in Western Armenian?
«Այդ վիճելի է», read “ayt vijeli e”. In a live sentence: “Այդ վիճելի է, եկեք քննարկենք” — That is debatable, let's discuss it. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, յ, դ, վ, ի, ճ, ե, լ, ի, է.
How is “Այդ վիճելի է” written in Latin letters?
ayt vijeli e. 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?
վիճել is 'to argue', վիճելի is 'debatable'. The linker է stands last, and that matters: Armenian է loves the final seat, not the second one English 'is' takes. A dispute is վէճ. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.