Դասախօսութիւն
“Դասախօսութիւն” (tasakhosut'yun) — lecture in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. six syllables, stress at the end: da-sa-kho-soo-TYOON. In a live sentence: “Դասախօսութիւնը ժամը տասին է” — The lecture is at ten o'clock. Written with the characters Դ, ա, ս, ա, խ, օ, ս, ո, ւ, թ, ի, ւ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Դասախօսութիւն |
| Read in Latin letters | tasakhosut'yun |
| Translation | lecture |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
six syllables, stress at the end: da-sa-kho-soo-TYOON
Why it looks that way
դաս is a lesson, խօսիլ is to speak: a 'lesson-talk'. The one who gives it is դասախօս — a university teacher, not the school teacher word you know
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.
- Դասախօսութիւնը ժամը տասին էtasakhosut'yunə zhamə dasin eThe lecture is at ten o'clock
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 “lecture” in Western Armenian?
«Դասախօսութիւն», read “tasakhosut'yun”. six syllables, stress at the end: da-sa-kho-soo-TYOON. In a live sentence: “Դասախօսութիւնը ժամը տասին է” — The lecture is at ten o'clock. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Դ, ա, ս, ա, խ, օ, ս, ո, ւ, թ, ի, ւ.
How is “Դասախօսութիւն” written in Latin letters?
tasakhosut'yun. 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?
դաս is a lesson, խօսիլ is to speak: a 'lesson-talk'. The one who gives it is դասախօս — a university teacher, not the school teacher word you know. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.