Լրացուցիչ աշխատանք
“Լրացուցիչ աշխատանք” (lratsutsich ashkhadank') — side job in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. լրացնել is to fill up, top up — the verb of լրացրեք ձեւը, fill in the form: a side job 'tops up' the main one. In a live sentence: “Երեկոյան լրացուցիչ աշխատանք ունիմ” — In the evenings I have a side job. Written with the characters Լ, ր, ա, ց, ո, ւ, ց, ի, չ, ա, շ, խ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Լրացուցիչ աշխատանք |
| Read in Latin letters | lratsutsich ashkhadank' |
| Translation | side job |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
լրացնել is to fill up, top up — the verb of լրացրեք ձեւը, fill in the form: a side job 'tops up' the main one
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.
- Երեկոյան լրացուցիչ աշխատանք ունիմyeregoyan lratsutsich ashkhadank' unimIn the evenings I have a side job
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 “side job” in Western Armenian?
«Լրացուցիչ աշխատանք», read “lratsutsich ashkhadank'”. In a live sentence: “Երեկոյան լրացուցիչ աշխատանք ունիմ” — In the evenings I have a side job. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Լ, ր, ա, ց, ո, ւ, ց, ի, չ, ա, շ, խ.
How is “Լրացուցիչ աշխատանք” written in Latin letters?
lratsutsich ashkhadank'. 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?
լրացնել is to fill up, top up — the verb of լրացրեք ձեւը, fill in the form: a side job 'tops up' the main one. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.