Թողնել ծխելը
“Թողնել ծխելը” (t'oghnel dzkhelə) — to quit smoking in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. թողնել is to leave, to give up. Smoking stands with the article: ծխելը — the smoking itself, an infinitive doing a noun's job. In a live sentence: “Հայրս հիսուն տարեկանում թողեց ծխելը” — My father quit smoking at fifty. Written with the characters Թ, ո, ղ, ն, ե, լ, ծ, խ, ե, լ, ը. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Թողնել ծխելը |
| Read in Latin letters | t'oghnel dzkhelə |
| Translation | to quit smoking |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
թողնել is to leave, to give up. Smoking stands with the article: ծխելը — the smoking itself, an infinitive doing a noun's job
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.
- Հայրս հիսուն տարեկանում թողեց ծխելըhayrs hisun dareganum t'oghets dzkheləMy father quit smoking at fifty
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 quit smoking” in Western Armenian?
«Թողնել ծխելը», read “t'oghnel dzkhelə”. In a live sentence: “Հայրս հիսուն տարեկանում թողեց ծխելը” — My father quit smoking at fifty. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Թ, ո, ղ, ն, ե, լ, ծ, խ, ե, լ, ը.
How is “Թողնել ծխելը” written in Latin letters?
t'oghnel dzkhelə. 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?
թողնել is to leave, to give up. Smoking stands with the article: ծխելը — the smoking itself, an infinitive doing a noun's job. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.