Կոկորդս կը ցաւի
“Կոկորդս կը ցաւի” (gogorts gə tsavi) — my throat hurts in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Your own body parts take -ս and no word for 'my': կոկորդ + -ս, exactly as in գլուխս կը ցաւի. Իմ կոկորդը is grammatical but not how Armenians say it. In a live sentence: “Երէկուանէ կոկորդս կը ցաւի” — My throat has been hurting since yesterday. Written with the characters Կ, ո, կ, ո, ր, դ, ս, կ, ը, ց, ա, ւ.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Կոկորդս կը ցաւի |
| Read in Latin letters | gogorts gə tsavi |
| Translation | my throat hurts |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Your own body parts take -ս and no word for 'my': կոկորդ + -ս, exactly as in գլուխս կը ցաւի. Իմ կոկորդը is grammatical but not how Armenians say it
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.
- Երէկուանէ կոկորդս կը ցաւիyereguane gogorts gə tsaviMy throat has been hurting since yesterday
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 “my throat hurts” in Western Armenian?
«Կոկորդս կը ցաւի», read “gogorts gə tsavi”. In a live sentence: “Երէկուանէ կոկորդս կը ցաւի” — My throat has been hurting since yesterday. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Կ, ո, կ, ո, ր, դ, ս, կ, ը, ց, ա, ւ.
How is “Կոկորդս կը ցաւի” written in Latin letters?
gogorts gə tsavi. 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?
Your own body parts take -ս and no word for 'my': կոկորդ + -ս, exactly as in գլուխս կը ցաւի. Իմ կոկորդը is grammatical but not how Armenians say it. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.