Սա գործին չվերաբերեր
“Սա գործին չվերաբերեր” (sa kordzin chveraperer) — that's beside the point in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. վերաբերել means to relate to, and what it relates to takes the dative: գործին. Softer: սա այլ հարց է, that is another question. In a live sentence: “Հետաքրքիր է, բայց սա գործին չվերաբերեր” — That's interesting, but it's beside the point. Written with the characters Ս, ա, գ, ո, ր, ծ, ի, ն, չ, վ, ե, ր. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Սա գործին չվերաբերեր |
| Read in Latin letters | sa kordzin chveraperer |
| Translation | that's beside the point |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
վերաբերել means to relate to, and what it relates to takes the dative: գործին. Softer: սա այլ հարց է, that is another question
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.
- Հետաքրքիր է, բայց սա գործին չվերաբերերhedak'rk'ir e, payts sa kordzin chverapererThat's interesting, but it's beside the point
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 “that's beside the point” in Western Armenian?
«Սա գործին չվերաբերեր», read “sa kordzin chveraperer”. In a live sentence: “Հետաքրքիր է, բայց սա գործին չվերաբերեր” — That's interesting, but it's beside the point. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ս, ա, գ, ո, ր, ծ, ի, ն, չ, վ, ե, ր.
How is “Սա գործին չվերաբերեր” written in Latin letters?
sa kordzin chveraperer. 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?
վերաբերել means to relate to, and what it relates to takes the dative: գործին. Softer: սա այլ հարց է, that is another question. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.