Վերադառնանք թեմային
“Վերադառնանք թեմային” (veratarrnank' t'emayin) — let's get back to the topic in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. վերադառնալ means to return: the վերա- prefix carries the 're-'. What you return to takes the dative: թեմային, not թեմա. In a live sentence: “Վերադառնանք թեմային, ժամանակ քիչ է” — Let's get back to the topic — time is short. Written with the characters Վ, ե, ր, ա, դ, ա, ռ, ն, ա, ն, ք, թ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Վերադառնանք թեմային |
| Read in Latin letters | veratarrnank' t'emayin |
| Translation | let's get back to the topic |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
վերադառնալ means to return: the վերա- prefix carries the 're-'. What you return to takes the dative: թեմային, not թեմա
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.
- Վերադառնանք թեմային, ժամանակ քիչ էveratarrnank' t'emayin, zhamanag k'ich eLet's get back to the topic — time is short
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's get back to the topic” in Western Armenian?
«Վերադառնանք թեմային», read “veratarrnank' t'emayin”. In a live sentence: “Վերադառնանք թեմային, ժամանակ քիչ է” — Let's get back to the topic — time is short. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Վ, ե, ր, ա, դ, ա, ռ, ն, ա, ն, ք, թ.
How is “Վերադառնանք թեմային” written in Latin letters?
veratarrnank' t'emayin. 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?
վերադառնալ means to return: the վերա- prefix carries the 're-'. What you return to takes the dative: թեմային, not թեմա. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.