Կարելի՞ է հարցնել
“Կարելի՞ է հարցնել” (gareli e hartsnel) — may I ask you? in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. կարելի է means 'it is possible' — impersonally, with no one named. The ՞ stands on կարելի. Even politer: ներողութիւն, կարելի՞ է մի բան հարցնել. In a live sentence: “Կարելի՞ է հարցնել, որտեղ է մետրոն” — May I ask where the metro is? Written with the characters Կ, ա, ր, ե, լ, ի, է, հ, ա, ր, ց, ն.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Կարելի՞ է հարցնել |
| Read in Latin letters | gareli e hartsnel |
| Translation | may I ask you? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
կարելի է means 'it is possible' — impersonally, with no one named. The ՞ stands on կարելի. Even politer: ներողութիւն, կարելի՞ է մի բան հարցնել
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.
- Կարելի՞ է հարցնել, որտեղ է մետրոնgareli e hartsnel, vordegh e medronMay I ask where the metro is?
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 “may I ask you?” in Western Armenian?
«Կարելի՞ է հարցնել», read “gareli e hartsnel”. In a live sentence: “Կարելի՞ է հարցնել, որտեղ է մետրոն” — May I ask where the metro is? Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Կ, ա, ր, ե, լ, ի, է, հ, ա, ր, ց, ն.
How is “Կարելի՞ է հարցնել” written in Latin letters?
gareli e hartsnel. 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?
կարելի է means 'it is possible' — impersonally, with no one named. The ՞ stands on կարելի. Even politer: ներողութիւն, կարելի՞ է մի բան հարցնել. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.