Երկու հարիւր
“Երկու հարիւր” (yergu haryur) — two hundred in Western Armenian. Numeral, level A1, topic — numbers and counting. The hundred does not fuse with the number: written and heard as two words — երկու + հարիւր. The stress lands on the last syllable of each: yer-GU har-yoor. In a live sentence: “Երկու հարիւր դրամ եմ վճարել” — I paid two hundred drams. Written with the characters Ե, ր, կ, ո, ւ, հ, ա, ր, ի, ւ, ր.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Երկու հարիւր |
| Read in Latin letters | yergu haryur |
| Translation | two hundred |
| Part of speech | numeral |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The hundred does not fuse with the number: written and heard as two words — երկու + հարիւր. The stress lands on the last syllable of each: yer-GU har-yoor
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.
- Երկու հարիւր դրամ եմ վճարելyergu haryur tram em vjarelI paid two hundred drams
Nearby words: numbers and counting
A price, the change, a house number, the time you agreed on, the floor. Numbers are the first thing you have to catch by ear — and the first thing people say fast.
- ՄէկmegoneClassical spelling writes է:
մէկ. կ sounds like g: say 'meg', rhyming with 'egg'. Order away:մէկ սուրճ— one coffee - Երկուyergutwoyer-GOO with a hard g — կ sounds like g in the West. After a number the noun stays singular: Armenian counts without the plural
- Երեքyerek'threeEnds in ք — a k with a puff of air: ye-REK'. One syllable, one puff
- ՉորսchorsfourStarts with չ — a ch with an extra puff of air, as in 'church': CHORSS
- ՀինգhinkfiveThe գ sounds like k here: hing — rhyme it with 'ring'
- ՎեցvetssixEnds on ց, a sharp ts like the end of 'cats': VETSS
- Եօթyeot'sevenClassical spelling writes օ:
եօթ; the Eastern reformed spelling writesյոթ— same seven, different letters. Say ye-OT' - Ութut'eightOOT with a breathy final t — the թ is a t with a puff. The shortest number in the row
- ԻնըinənineEE-nə: the little ə at the end is a fleeting murmur, like the a in 'sofa'
- ՏասըdasətenThe տ sounds like d: DAH-sə. From the same root comes
տասներորդ, tenth — numbers grow suffixes as they climb
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “numbers and counting”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “two hundred” in Western Armenian?
The hundred does not fuse with the number: written and heard as two words — երկու + հարիւր. The stress lands on the last syllable of each: yer-GU har-yoor
- How do you say “seven” in Western Armenian?
Classical spelling writes օ: եօթ; the Eastern reformed spelling writes յոթ — same seven, different letters. Say ye-OT'
- How do you say “three” in Western Armenian?
Ends in ք — a k with a puff of air: ye-REK'. One syllable, one puff
- How do you say “ten” in Western Armenian?
The տ sounds like d: DAH-sə. From the same root comes տասներորդ, tenth — numbers grow suffixes as they climb
- How do you say “six” in Western Armenian?
Ends on ց, a sharp ts like the end of 'cats': VETSS
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 “two hundred” in Western Armenian?
«Երկու հարիւր», read “yergu haryur”. In a live sentence: “Երկու հարիւր դրամ եմ վճարել” — I paid two hundred drams. Numeral, level A1, from the set “numbers and counting”; written with the characters Ե, ր, կ, ո, ւ, հ, ա, ր, ի, ւ, ր.
How is “Երկու հարիւր” written in Latin letters?
yergu haryur. 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 hundred does not fuse with the number: written and heard as two words — երկու + հարիւր. The stress lands on the last syllable of each: yer-GU har-yoor. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.