Փաստաթուղթի պատճէն
“Փաստաթուղթի պատճէն” (p'asdat'ught'i badjen) — document copy in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. Classical spelling keeps the ու in the possessive: p'as-da-t'ugh-TEE. In a live sentence: “Փաստաթուղթի պատճէնը երկու օրինակով բերեք” — Bring the document copy in two copies. Written with the characters Փ, ա, ս, տ, ա, թ, ո, ւ, ղ, թ, ի, պ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Փաստաթուղթի պատճէն |
| Read in Latin letters | p'asdat'ught'i badjen |
| Translation | document copy |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
Classical spelling keeps the ու in the possessive: p'as-da-t'ugh-TEE
Why it looks that way
փաստ is 'fact', թուղթ is 'paper': a document is literally a 'paper of fact'. Պատճէն is 'a copy'; to photocopy is պատճէնել
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.
- Փաստաթուղթի պատճէնը երկու օրինակով բերեքp'asdat'ught'i badjenə yergu orinagov perek'Bring the document copy in two copies
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 “document copy” in Western Armenian?
«Փաստաթուղթի պատճէն», read “p'asdat'ught'i badjen”. Classical spelling keeps the ու in the possessive: p'as-da-t'ugh-TEE. In a live sentence: “Փաստաթուղթի պատճէնը երկու օրինակով բերեք” — Bring the document copy in two copies. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Փ, ա, ս, տ, ա, թ, ո, ւ, ղ, թ, ի, պ.
How is “Փաստաթուղթի պատճէն” written in Latin letters?
p'asdat'ught'i badjen. 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?
փաստ is 'fact', թուղթ is 'paper': a document is literally a 'paper of fact'. Պատճէն is 'a copy'; to photocopy is պատճէնել. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.