Ծանրոց ուղարկել
“Ծանրոց ուղարկել” (dzanrots ughargel) — to send a parcel in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. the ծանրոց you know from the post unit, built on ծանր, heavy: a parcel is literally a heaviness. No article on the noun — some parcel or other. In a live sentence: “Կ'ուզեմ ծանրոց ուղարկել Մոսկուա” — I want to send a parcel to Moscow. Written with the characters Ծ, ա, ն, ր, ո, ց, ո, ւ, ղ, ա, ր, կ.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ծանրոց ուղարկել |
| Read in Latin letters | dzanrots ughargel |
| Translation | to send a parcel |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
the ծանրոց you know from the post unit, built on ծանր, heavy: a parcel is literally a heaviness. No article on the noun — some parcel or other
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.
- Կ'ուզեմ ծանրոց ուղարկել Մոսկուաg'uzem dzanrots ughargel MosguaI want to send a parcel to Moscow
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 send a parcel” in Western Armenian?
«Ծանրոց ուղարկել», read “dzanrots ughargel”. In a live sentence: “Կ'ուզեմ ծանրոց ուղարկել Մոսկուա” — I want to send a parcel to Moscow. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ծ, ա, ն, ր, ո, ց, ո, ւ, ղ, ա, ր, կ.
How is “Ծանրոց ուղարկել” written in Latin letters?
dzanrots ughargel. 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 ծանրոց you know from the post unit, built on ծանր, heavy: a parcel is literally a heaviness. No article on the noun — some parcel or other. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.