Ձայնը կորսուիլ է
“Ձայնը կորսուիլ է” (tsaynə gorsuil e) — the sound is gone in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. ձայն is sound and voice in one word, and կորսուիլ is to get lost. About a person it means 'we lost you': ձայնդ կորսուիլ է — your voice dropped out. In a live sentence: “Տեսանիւթում ձայնը կորսուիլ է” — The sound is gone in the video. Written with the characters Ձ, ա, յ, ն, ը, կ, ո, ր, ս, ո, ւ, ի.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ձայնը կորսուիլ է |
| Read in Latin letters | tsaynə gorsuil e |
| Translation | the sound is gone |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
ձայն is sound and voice in one word, and կորսուիլ is to get lost. About a person it means 'we lost you': ձայնդ կորսուիլ է — your voice dropped out
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.
- Տեսանիւթում ձայնը կորսուիլ էdesanyut'um tsaynə gorsuil eThe sound is gone in the video
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 “the sound is gone” in Western Armenian?
«Ձայնը կորսուիլ է», read “tsaynə gorsuil e”. In a live sentence: “Տեսանիւթում ձայնը կորսուիլ է” — The sound is gone in the video. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ձ, ա, յ, ն, ը, կ, ո, ր, ս, ո, ւ, ի.
How is “Ձայնը կորսուիլ է” written in Latin letters?
tsaynə gorsuil 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?
ձայն is sound and voice in one word, and կորսուիլ is to get lost. About a person it means 'we lost you': ձայնդ կորսուիլ է — your voice dropped out. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.