Դեղ ընդունել
“Դեղ ընդունել” (tegh əntunel) — to take medicine in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. ընդունել receives guests, medicine and decisions alike. In everyday speech people more often say դեղ խմել — literally 'to drink the medicine'. In a live sentence: “Դեղը պէտք է ընդունել ուտելուց հետո” — The medicine must be taken after a meal. Written with the characters Դ, ե, ղ, ը, ն, դ, ո, ւ, ն, ե, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Դեղ ընդունել |
| Read in Latin letters | tegh əntunel |
| Translation | to take medicine |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
ընդունել receives guests, medicine and decisions alike. In everyday speech people more often say դեղ խմել — literally 'to drink the medicine'
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.
- Դեղը պէտք է ընդունել ուտելուց հետոteghə bedk' e əntunel udeluts hedoThe medicine must be taken after a meal
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 “to take medicine” in Western Armenian?
«Դեղ ընդունել», read “tegh əntunel”. In a live sentence: “Դեղը պէտք է ընդունել ուտելուց հետո” — The medicine must be taken after a meal. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Դ, ե, ղ, ը, ն, դ, ո, ւ, ն, ե, լ.
How is “Դեղ ընդունել” written in Latin letters?
tegh əntunel. 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?
ընդունել receives guests, medicine and decisions alike. In everyday speech people more often say դեղ խմել — literally 'to drink the medicine'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.