Լույսը մարեց
“Լույսը մարեց” (luysə marets) — the light went out in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A1. Մարել is to go out by itself, no hand needed; to switch the light off is հանգցնել — լոյսը հանգցնել. In a live sentence: “Հանկարծ լույսը մարեց” — Suddenly the light went out. Written with the characters Լ, ո, ւ, յ, ս, ը, մ, ա, ր, ե, ց. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Լույսը մարեց |
| Read in Latin letters | luysə marets |
| Translation | the light went out |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Մարել is to go out by itself, no hand needed; to switch the light off is հանգցնել — լոյսը հանգցնել
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.
- Հանկարծ լույսը մարեցhangardz luysə maretsSuddenly the light went out
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 “the light went out” in Western Armenian?
«Լույսը մարեց», read “luysə marets”. In a live sentence: “Հանկարծ լույսը մարեց” — Suddenly the light went out. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters Լ, ո, ւ, յ, ս, ը, մ, ա, ր, ե, ց.
How is “Լույսը մարեց” written in Latin letters?
luysə marets. 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?
Մարել is to go out by itself, no hand needed; to switch the light off is հանգցնել — լոյսը հանգցնել. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.