Պայմանագրի կետ
“Պայմանագրի կետ” (baymanakri ged) — contract clause in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. կէտ is a point, and the same word is an item of a list. By a happy accident կէտ also means a whale — one of those coincidences that remember themselves. In a live sentence: “Երրորդ պայմանագրի կետը ինծի դուր չի կը գայ” — I do not like the third clause of the contract. Written with the characters Պ, ա, յ, մ, ա, ն, ա, գ, ր, ի, կ, ե.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Պայմանագրի կետ |
| Read in Latin letters | baymanakri ged |
| Translation | contract clause |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
կէտ is a point, and the same word is an item of a list. By a happy accident կէտ also means a whale — one of those coincidences that remember themselves
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.
- Երրորդ պայմանագրի կետը ինծի դուր չի կը գայyerrort baymanakri gedə indzi tur chi gə kayI do not like the third clause of the contract
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 “contract clause” in Western Armenian?
«Պայմանագրի կետ», read “baymanakri ged”. In a live sentence: “Երրորդ պայմանագրի կետը ինծի դուր չի կը գայ” — I do not like the third clause of the contract. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Պ, ա, յ, մ, ա, ն, ա, գ, ր, ի, կ, ե.
How is “Պայմանագրի կետ” written in Latin letters?
baymanakri ged. 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?
կէտ is a point, and the same word is an item of a list. By a happy accident կէտ also means a whale — one of those coincidences that remember themselves. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.