Փող պարտք առնել
“Փող պարտք առնել” (p'ogh bardk' arrnel) — to borrow money in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Literally 'to take money as a debt' — with առնել, the Western 'take' you already use. The flip side is պարտք տալ, to lend: one verb apart, opposite directions. In a live sentence: “Ընկերոջմէ փող պարտք առա” — I borrowed money from a friend. Written with the characters Փ, ո, ղ, պ, ա, ր, տ, ք, ա, ռ, ն, ե.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Փող պարտք առնել |
| Read in Latin letters | p'ogh bardk' arrnel |
| Translation | to borrow money |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to take money as a debt' — with առնել, the Western 'take' you already use. The flip side is պարտք տալ, to lend: one verb apart, opposite directions
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.
- Ընկերոջմէ փող պարտք առաəngerochme p'ogh bardk' arraI borrowed money from a friend
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 borrow money” in Western Armenian?
«Փող պարտք առնել», read “p'ogh bardk' arrnel”. In a live sentence: “Ընկերոջմէ փող պարտք առա” — I borrowed money from a friend. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Փ, ո, ղ, պ, ա, ր, տ, ք, ա, ռ, ն, ե.
How is “Փող պարտք առնել” written in Latin letters?
p'ogh bardk' arrnel. 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?
Literally 'to take money as a debt' — with առնել, the Western 'take' you already use. The flip side is պարտք տալ, to lend: one verb apart, opposite directions. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.