Հնարավո՞ր է
“Հնարավո՞ր է” (hnaravor e) — is it possible? in Western Armenian. Particle, level A2. Literally 'is it possible?' — Armenian has no single word for the incredulous English 'really?', so it asks the question straight out. In a live sentence: “Հնարավո՞ր է, որ ան արդէն երթացած է” — Is it possible that he has already left. Written with the characters Հ, ն, ա, ր, ա, վ, ո, ր, է. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Հնարավո՞ր է |
| Read in Latin letters | hnaravor e |
| Translation | is it possible? |
| Part of speech | particle |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'is it possible?' — Armenian has no single word for the incredulous English 'really?', so it asks the question straight out
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.
- Հնարավո՞ր է, որ ան արդէն երթացած էhnaravor e, vor an arten yert'atsadz eIs it possible that he has already left
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 “is it possible?” in Western Armenian?
«Հնարավո՞ր է», read “hnaravor e”. In a live sentence: “Հնարավո՞ր է, որ ան արդէն երթացած է” — Is it possible that he has already left. Particle, level A2; written with the characters Հ, ն, ա, ր, ա, վ, ո, ր, է.
How is “Հնարավո՞ր է” written in Latin letters?
hnaravor 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 'is it possible?' — Armenian has no single word for the incredulous English 'really?', so it asks the question straight out. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.