Ընդունելութեան ժամեր
“Ընդունելութեան ժամեր” (əntunelut'ean zhamer) — office hours in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. ընդունել is 'to receive' — the verb of համալսարան ընդունուիլ, to be admitted to a university. Doors of institutions carry exactly this; at the doctor's the room is ընդունարան, the reception. In a live sentence: “Ընդունելութեան ժամերը մինչեւ ժամը երեքն են” — Office hours are until three o'clock. Written with the characters Ը, ն, դ, ո, ւ, ն, ե, լ, ո, ւ, թ, ե.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ընդունելութեան ժամեր |
| Read in Latin letters | əntunelut'ean zhamer |
| Translation | office hours |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
ընդունել is 'to receive' — the verb of համալսարան ընդունուիլ, to be admitted to a university. Doors of institutions carry exactly this; at the doctor's the room is ընդունարան, the reception
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.
- Ընդունելութեան ժամերը մինչեւ ժամը երեքն ենəntunelut'ean zhamerə minchev zhamə yerek'n enOffice hours are until three o'clock
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 “office hours” in Western Armenian?
«Ընդունելութեան ժամեր», read “əntunelut'ean zhamer”. In a live sentence: “Ընդունելութեան ժամերը մինչեւ ժամը երեքն են” — Office hours are until three o'clock. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Ը, ն, դ, ո, ւ, ն, ե, լ, ո, ւ, թ, ե.
How is “Ընդունելութեան ժամեր” written in Latin letters?
əntunelut'ean zhamer. 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?
ընդունել is 'to receive' — the verb of համալսարան ընդունուիլ, to be admitted to a university. Doors of institutions carry exactly this; at the doctor's the room is ընդունարան, the reception. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.