Ի՞նչ է սա նշանակում
“Ի՞նչ է սա նշանակում” (inch e sa nshanagum) — what does this mean? in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. նշանակել means to signify — the same word that sets a time. Սա is 'this', the nearest of the three: սա, դա, այն. In a live sentence: “Այս բառը ի՞նչ է նշանակում” — What does this word mean? Written with the characters Ի, ն, չ, է, ս, ա, ն, շ, ա, ն, ա, կ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ի՞նչ է սա նշանակում |
| Read in Latin letters | inch e sa nshanagum |
| Translation | what does this mean? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
նշանակել means to signify — the same word that sets a time. Սա is 'this', the nearest of the three: սա, դա, այն
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.
- Այս բառը ի՞նչ է նշանակումays parrə inch e nshanagumWhat does this word mean?
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 “what does this mean?” in Western Armenian?
«Ի՞նչ է սա նշանակում», read “inch e sa nshanagum”. In a live sentence: “Այս բառը ի՞նչ է նշանակում” — What does this word mean? Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ի, ն, չ, է, ս, ա, ն, շ, ա, ն, ա, կ.
How is “Ի՞նչ է սա նշանակում” written in Latin letters?
inch e sa nshanagum. 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?
նշանակել means to signify — the same word that sets a time. Սա is 'this', the nearest of the three: սա, դա, այն. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.