Պարզվել
“Պարզվել” (barzvel) — to turn out in Western Armenian. Verb, level B1. From պարզ, clear. The frame պարզվեց, որ… means 'it turned out that…', and no doer is named. In a live sentence: “Պարզվեց, որ գնացքը կ'ուշանայ” — It turned out that the train is running late. Written with the characters Պ, ա, ր, զ, վ, ե, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Պարզվել |
| Read in Latin letters | barzvel |
| Translation | to turn out |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From պարզ, clear. The frame պարզվեց, որ… means 'it turned out that…', and no doer is named
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.
- Պարզվեց, որ գնացքը կ'ուշանայbarzvets, vor knatsk'ə g'ushanayIt turned out that the train is running late
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 turn out” in Western Armenian?
«Պարզվել», read “barzvel”. In a live sentence: “Պարզվեց, որ գնացքը կ'ուշանայ” — It turned out that the train is running late. Verb, level B1; written with the characters Պ, ա, ր, զ, վ, ե, լ.
How is “Պարզվել” written in Latin letters?
barzvel. 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?
From պարզ, clear. The frame պարզվեց, որ… means 'it turned out that…', and no doer is named. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.