Թույլ տուր ասեմ
“Թույլ տուր ասեմ” (t'uyl dur asem) — let me speak in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. թույլ տալ means to allow, literally 'to give slack'. The second verb goes without a 'to': ասեմ, let-me-say. Polite plural: թույլ տվեք ասեմ. In a live sentence: “Թույլ տուր ասեմ մինչեւ վէրջ” — Let me speak to the end. Written with the characters Թ, ո, ւ, յ, լ, տ, ո, ւ, ր, ա, ս, ե. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Թույլ տուր ասեմ |
| Read in Latin letters | t'uyl dur asem |
| Translation | let me speak |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
թույլ տալ means to allow, literally 'to give slack'. The second verb goes without a 'to': ասեմ, let-me-say. Polite plural: թույլ տվեք ասեմ
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.
- Թույլ տուր ասեմ մինչեւ վէրջt'uyl dur asem minchev verchLet me speak to the end
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 “let me speak” in Western Armenian?
«Թույլ տուր ասեմ», read “t'uyl dur asem”. In a live sentence: “Թույլ տուր ասեմ մինչեւ վէրջ” — Let me speak to the end. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Թ, ո, ւ, յ, լ, տ, ո, ւ, ր, ա, ս, ե.
How is “Թույլ տուր ասեմ” written in Latin letters?
t'uyl dur asem. 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?
թույլ տալ means to allow, literally 'to give slack'. The second verb goes without a 'to': ասեմ, let-me-say. Polite plural: թույլ տվեք ասեմ. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.