Մնալ իր կարծիքին
“Մնալ իր կարծիքին” (mnal ir gardzik'in) — to stand by your opinion in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. The opinion here stands in the dative, կարծիքին, where English would say 'to'. The 'one's own' changes with the person: իր about him, իմ about yourself. In a live sentence: “Երկար վիճեցինք, բայց ան մնաց իր կարծիքին” — We argued for a long time, but he stood by his opinion. Written with the characters Մ, ն, ա, լ, ի, ր, կ, ա, ր, ծ, ի, ք.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Մնալ իր կարծիքին |
| Read in Latin letters | mnal ir gardzik'in |
| Translation | to stand by your opinion |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The opinion here stands in the dative, կարծիքին, where English would say 'to'. The 'one's own' changes with the person: իր about him, իմ about yourself
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.
- Երկար վիճեցինք, բայց ան մնաց իր կարծիքինyergar vijetsink', payts an mnats ir gardzik'inWe argued for a long time, but he stood by his opinion
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 stand by your opinion” in Western Armenian?
«Մնալ իր կարծիքին», read “mnal ir gardzik'in”. In a live sentence: “Երկար վիճեցինք, բայց ան մնաց իր կարծիքին” — We argued for a long time, but he stood by his opinion. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Մ, ն, ա, լ, ի, ր, կ, ա, ր, ծ, ի, ք.
How is “Մնալ իր կարծիքին” written in Latin letters?
mnal ir gardzik'in. 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?
The opinion here stands in the dative, կարծիքին, where English would say 'to'. The 'one's own' changes with the person: իր about him, իմ about yourself. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.