Մարտկոցը նստած է
“Մարտկոցը նստած է” (mardgotsə nsdadz e) — the battery is dead in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. literally 'the battery has sat down': նստել, to sit — the verb you will meet properly in the sport unit. And մարտկոց is built on մարտ, battle: a battery is a 'battle-cell'. In a live sentence: “Մարտկոցը նստած է, լիցքավորիչ ունի՞ք” — The battery is dead — do you have a charger? Written with the characters Մ, ա, ր, տ, կ, ո, ց, ը, ն, ս, տ, ա.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Մարտկոցը նստած է |
| Read in Latin letters | mardgotsə nsdadz e |
| Translation | the battery is dead |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
literally 'the battery has sat down': նստել, to sit — the verb you will meet properly in the sport unit. And մարտկոց is built on մարտ, battle: a battery is a 'battle-cell'
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.
- Մարտկոցը նստած է, լիցքավորիչ ունի՞քmardgotsə nsdadz e, litsk'avorich unik'The battery is dead — do you have a charger?
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 battery is dead” in Western Armenian?
«Մարտկոցը նստած է», read “mardgotsə nsdadz e”. In a live sentence: “Մարտկոցը նստած է, լիցքավորիչ ունի՞ք” — The battery is dead — do you have a charger? Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Մ, ա, ր, տ, կ, ո, ց, ը, ն, ս, տ, ա.
How is “Մարտկոցը նստած է” written in Latin letters?
mardgotsə nsdadz e. 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?
literally 'the battery has sat down': նստել, to sit — the verb you will meet properly in the sport unit. And մարտկոց is built on մարտ, battle: a battery is a 'battle-cell'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.