Ֆլեշ կրիչ
“Ֆլեշ կրիչ” (flesh grich) — USB drive in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. կրել is to carry and կրիչ is a carrier. That is what the box says; in speech people shorten it to ֆլեշկա. In a live sentence: “Ֆայլերը պահեցի ֆլեշ կրիչի վրա” — I saved the files onto the USB drive. Written with the characters Ֆ, լ, ե, շ, կ, ր, ի, չ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ֆլեշ կրիչ |
| Read in Latin letters | flesh grich |
| Translation | USB drive |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
կրել is to carry and կրիչ is a carrier. That is what the box says; in speech people shorten it to ֆլեշկա
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.
- Ֆայլերը պահեցի ֆլեշ կրիչի վրաfaylerə bahetsi flesh grichi vraI saved the files onto the USB drive
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 “USB drive” in Western Armenian?
«Ֆլեշ կրիչ», read “flesh grich”. In a live sentence: “Ֆայլերը պահեցի ֆլեշ կրիչի վրա” — I saved the files onto the USB drive. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Ֆ, լ, ե, շ, կ, ր, ի, չ.
How is “Ֆլեշ կրիչ” written in Latin letters?
flesh grich. 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?
կրել is to carry and կրիչ is a carrier. That is what the box says; in speech people shorten it to ֆլեշկա. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.