Ինձ աւելի լաւ եմ զգում
“Ինձ աւելի լաւ եմ զգում” (ints aveli lav em zkum) — to feel better in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. զգալ is to feel and ինծի is literally 'to me', standing for 'myself'. Worse is ինծի վատ եմ զգում, same verb. In a live sentence: “Դեղից հետո ինծի աւելի լաւ եմ զգում” — After the medicine I feel better. Written with the characters Ի, ն, ձ, ա, ւ, ե, լ, ի, լ, ա, ւ, ե. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ինձ աւելի լաւ եմ զգում |
| Read in Latin letters | ints aveli lav em zkum |
| Translation | to feel better |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
զգալ is to feel and ինծի is literally 'to me', standing for 'myself'. Worse is ինծի վատ եմ զգում, same verb
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.
- Դեղից հետո ինծի աւելի լաւ եմ զգումteghits hedo indzi aveli lav em zkumAfter the medicine I feel better
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 feel better” in Western Armenian?
«Ինձ աւելի լաւ եմ զգում», read “ints aveli lav em zkum”. In a live sentence: “Դեղից հետո ինծի աւելի լաւ եմ զգում” — After the medicine I feel better. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ի, ն, ձ, ա, ւ, ե, լ, ի, լ, ա, ւ, ե.
How is “Ինձ աւելի լաւ եմ զգում” written in Latin letters?
ints aveli lav em zkum. 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?
զգալ is to feel and ինծի is literally 'to me', standing for 'myself'. Worse is ինծի վատ եմ զգում, same verb. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.