Էքսկուրսիայի տոմս
“Էքսկուրսիայի տոմս” (ek'sgursiayi doms) — tour ticket in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. The same տոմս as the plane ticket. 'For what' goes before the noun in the possessive, with no preposition: էքսկուրսիայի տոմս, համերգի տոմս. In a live sentence: “Երկու էքսկուրսիայի տոմս վերցուր” — Take two tour tickets. Written with the characters Է, ք, ս, կ, ո, ւ, ր, ս, ի, ա, յ, ի. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Էքսկուրսիայի տոմս |
| Read in Latin letters | ek'sgursiayi doms |
| Translation | tour ticket |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The same տոմս as the plane ticket. 'For what' goes before the noun in the possessive, with no preposition: էքսկուրսիայի տոմս, համերգի տոմս
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.
- Երկու էքսկուրսիայի տոմս վերցուրyergu ek'sgursiayi doms vertsurTake two tour tickets
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 “tour ticket” in Western Armenian?
«Էքսկուրսիայի տոմս», read “ek'sgursiayi doms”. In a live sentence: “Երկու էքսկուրսիայի տոմս վերցուր” — Take two tour tickets. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Է, ք, ս, կ, ո, ւ, ր, ս, ի, ա, յ, ի.
How is “Էքսկուրսիայի տոմս” written in Latin letters?
ek'sgursiayi doms. 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 same տոմս as the plane ticket. 'For what' goes before the noun in the possessive, with no preposition: էքսկուրսիայի տոմս, համերգի տոմս. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.