Տառ առ տառ, կը խնդրեմ
“Տառ առ տառ, կը խնդրեմ” (darr arr darr, gə khntrem) — letter by letter, please in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. The same առ chain as in քայլ առ քայլ: տառ առ տառ, letter by letter. This is how you dictate a surname over the phone. In a live sentence: “Ազգանունը տառ առ տառ, կը խնդրեմ” — The surname letter by letter, please. Written with the characters Տ, ա, ռ, ա, ռ, տ, ա, ռ, կ, ը, խ, ն.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Տառ առ տառ, կը խնդրեմ |
| Read in Latin letters | darr arr darr, gə khntrem |
| Translation | letter by letter, please |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The same առ chain as in քայլ առ քայլ: տառ առ տառ, letter by letter. This is how you dictate a surname over the phone
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.
- Ազգանունը տառ առ տառ, կը խնդրեմazkanunə darr arr darr, gə khntremThe surname letter by letter, please
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 “letter by letter, please” in Western Armenian?
«Տառ առ տառ, կը խնդրեմ», read “darr arr darr, gə khntrem”. In a live sentence: “Ազգանունը տառ առ տառ, կը խնդրեմ” — The surname letter by letter, please. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Տ, ա, ռ, ա, ռ, տ, ա, ռ, կ, ը, խ, ն.
How is “Տառ առ տառ, կը խնդրեմ” written in Latin letters?
darr arr darr, gə khntrem. 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?
The same առ chain as in քայլ առ քայլ: տառ առ տառ, letter by letter. This is how you dictate a surname over the phone. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.