Վարդակը չի կ'աշխատի
“Վարդակը չի կ'աշխատի” (vartagə chi g'ashkhadi) — the outlet doesn't work in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A1. Վարդակ is the little rose — the socket, named for the flower, exactly as in English. The rest is familiar: չի կ'աշխատի, does not work. In a live sentence: “Այս վարդակը չի կ'աշխատի” — This outlet doesn't work. Written with the characters Վ, ա, ր, դ, ա, կ, ը, չ, ի, կ, ա, շ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Վարդակը չի կ'աշխատի |
| Read in Latin letters | vartagə chi g'ashkhadi |
| Translation | the outlet doesn't work |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Վարդակ is the little rose — the socket, named for the flower, exactly as in English. The rest is familiar: չի կ'աշխատի, does not work
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.
- Այս վարդակը չի կ'աշխատիays vartagə chi g'ashkhadiThis outlet doesn't work
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 “the outlet doesn't work” in Western Armenian?
«Վարդակը չի կ'աշխատի», read “vartagə chi g'ashkhadi”. In a live sentence: “Այս վարդակը չի կ'աշխատի” — This outlet doesn't work. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters Վ, ա, ր, դ, ա, կ, ը, չ, ի, կ, ա, շ.
How is “Վարդակը չի կ'աշխատի” written in Latin letters?
vartagə chi g'ashkhadi. 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?
Վարդակ is the little rose — the socket, named for the flower, exactly as in English. The rest is familiar: չի կ'աշխատի, does not work. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.