Խորհուրդ տալ
“Խորհուրդ տալ” (khorhurt dal) — to give advice in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. խորհուրդ is advice and տալ is to give. The same խորհուրդ stands in խորհրդակցութիւն, the work meeting. Խորհուրդ տուր — give me some advice. In a live sentence: “Լաւ խորհուրդ տուեց ինծի” — He gave me good advice. Written with the characters Խ, ո, ր, հ, ո, ւ, ր, դ, տ, ա, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Խորհուրդ տալ |
| Read in Latin letters | khorhurt dal |
| Translation | to give advice |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
խորհուրդ is advice and տալ is to give. The same խորհուրդ stands in խորհրդակցութիւն, the work meeting. Խորհուրդ տուր — give me some advice
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.
- Լաւ խորհուրդ տուեց ինծիlav khorhurt duets indziHe gave me good advice
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 give advice” in Western Armenian?
«Խորհուրդ տալ», read “khorhurt dal”. In a live sentence: “Լաւ խորհուրդ տուեց ինծի” — He gave me good advice. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Խ, ո, ր, հ, ո, ւ, ր, դ, տ, ա, լ.
How is “Խորհուրդ տալ” written in Latin letters?
khorhurt dal. 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?
խորհուրդ is advice and տալ is to give. The same խորհուրդ stands in խորհրդակցութիւն, the work meeting. Խորհուրդ տուր — give me some advice. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.