Իսկ դուն ի՞նչ կը մտածես
“Իսկ դուն ի՞նչ կը մտածես” (isg tun inch gə mdadzes) — and what do you think? in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Իսկ is the 'and' of a change of subject, always first. The mark ՞ sits not at the end of the line but over the stressed vowel of the question word: ի՞նչ. Polite form: Իսկ դուք ի՞նչ կը մտածէք. In a live sentence: “Իսկ դուն ի՞նչ կը մտածես այս մասին” — And what do you think about this?
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Իսկ դուն ի՞նչ կը մտածես |
| Read in Latin letters | isg tun inch gə mdadzes |
| Translation | and what do you think? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Իսկ is the 'and' of a change of subject, always first. The mark ՞ sits not at the end of the line but over the stressed vowel of the question word: ի՞նչ. Polite form: Իսկ դուք ի՞նչ կը մտածէք
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.
- Իսկ դուն ի՞նչ կը մտածես այս մասինisg tun inch gə mdadzes ays masinAnd what do you think about this?
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 “and what do you think?” in Western Armenian?
«Իսկ դուն ի՞նչ կը մտածես», read “isg tun inch gə mdadzes”. In a live sentence: “Իսկ դուն ի՞նչ կը մտածես այս մասին” — And what do you think about this? Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ի, ս, կ, դ, ո, ւ, ն, ի, ն, չ, կ, ը.
How is “Իսկ դուն ի՞նչ կը մտածես” written in Latin letters?
isg tun inch gə mdadzes. 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?
Իսկ is the 'and' of a change of subject, always first. The mark ՞ sits not at the end of the line but over the stressed vowel of the question word: ի՞նչ. Polite form: Իսկ դուք ի՞նչ կը մտածէք. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.