Մինչեւ փողոցի վէրջ
“Մինչեւ փողոցի վէրջ” (minchev p'oghotsi verch) — to the end of the street in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. մինչեւ means up to, as far as; վէրջ is an end. The same մինչեւ in մինչեւ վաղը, until tomorrow: one word for place and time. In a live sentence: “Գնացեք մինչեւ փողոցի վէրջ եւ թեքվեք աջ” — Go to the end of the street and turn right. Written with the characters Մ, ի, ն, չ, ե, ւ, փ, ո, ղ, ո, ց, ի.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Մինչեւ փողոցի վէրջ |
| Read in Latin letters | minchev p'oghotsi verch |
| Translation | to the end of the street |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
մինչեւ means up to, as far as; վէրջ is an end. The same մինչեւ in մինչեւ վաղը, until tomorrow: one word for place and time
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.
- Գնացեք մինչեւ փողոցի վէրջ եւ թեքվեք աջknatsek' minchev p'oghotsi verch yev t'ek'vek' achGo to the end of the street and turn right
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 the end of the street” in Western Armenian?
«Մինչեւ փողոցի վէրջ», read “minchev p'oghotsi verch”. In a live sentence: “Գնացեք մինչեւ փողոցի վէրջ եւ թեքվեք աջ” — Go to the end of the street and turn right. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Մ, ի, ն, չ, ե, ւ, փ, ո, ղ, ո, ց, ի.
How is “Մինչեւ փողոցի վէրջ” written in Latin letters?
minchev p'oghotsi verch. 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?
մինչեւ means up to, as far as; վէրջ is an end. The same մինչեւ in մինչեւ վաղը, until tomorrow: one word for place and time. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.