Գործի անցնել
“Գործի անցնել” (kordzi antsnel) — to get to work in Western Armenian. Verb, level B1. Literally 'to pass to the work'. More colloquial than ձեռնամուխ ըլլալ, and it fits where English says 'he got to it and did it'. In a live sentence: “Խոսելը բաւական է, գործի անցնենք” — Enough talking, let us get to work. Written with the characters Գ, ո, ր, ծ, ի, ա, ն, ց, ն, ե, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Գործի անցնել |
| Read in Latin letters | kordzi antsnel |
| Translation | to get to work |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to pass to the work'. More colloquial than ձեռնամուխ ըլլալ, and it fits where English says 'he got to it and did it'
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.
- Խոսելը բաւական է, գործի անցնենքkhoselə pavagan e, kordzi antsnenk'Enough talking, let us get to work
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 get to work” in Western Armenian?
«Գործի անցնել», read “kordzi antsnel”. In a live sentence: “Խոսելը բաւական է, գործի անցնենք” — Enough talking, let us get to work. Verb, level B1; written with the characters Գ, ո, ր, ծ, ի, ա, ն, ց, ն, ե, լ.
How is “Գործի անցնել” written in Latin letters?
kordzi antsnel. 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?
Literally 'to pass to the work'. More colloquial than ձեռնամուխ ըլլալ, and it fits where English says 'he got to it and did it'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.