Հաշւի քաղուածք
“Հաշւի քաղուածք” (hashvi k'aghuadzk') — bank statement in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. both ք's come with a strong puff and the ղ is a soft throat scrape: hash-vo k'-a-ghoo-ATSK'. In a live sentence: “Հաշւի քաղուածքը բանկէ առած եմ” — I have taken the bank statement from the bank. Written with the characters Հ, ա, շ, ւ, ի, ք, ա, ղ, ո, ւ, ա, ծ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Հաշւի քաղուածք |
| Read in Latin letters | hashvi k'aghuadzk' |
| Translation | bank statement |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
both ք's come with a strong puff and the ղ is a soft throat scrape: hash-vo k'-a-ghoo-ATSK'
Why it looks that way
քաղել is to extract, to pick out: a statement is what has been 'extracted' from the account. The same word names an extract from any document
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.
- Հաշւի քաղուածքը բանկէ առած եմhashvi k'aghuadzk'ə pange arradz emI have taken the bank statement from the bank
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 “bank statement” in Western Armenian?
«Հաշւի քաղուածք», read “hashvi k'aghuadzk'”. both ք's come with a strong puff and the ղ is a soft throat scrape: hash-vo k'-a-ghoo-ATSK'. In a live sentence: “Հաշւի քաղուածքը բանկէ առած եմ” — I have taken the bank statement from the bank. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Հ, ա, շ, ւ, ի, ք, ա, ղ, ո, ւ, ա, ծ.
How is “Հաշւի քաղուածք” written in Latin letters?
hashvi k'aghuadzk'. 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?
քաղել is to extract, to pick out: a statement is what has been 'extracted' from the account. The same word names an extract from any document. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.