Ես էլ եմ այդպես կարծում
“Ես էլ եմ այդպես կարծում” (yes el em aytbes gardzum) — I think so too in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. էլ means too, and it stands right after the word it belongs to: ես էլ, me too. Կարծել is to reckon, to opine — softer than մտածել. In a live sentence: “Ես էլ եմ այդպես կարծում, համաձայն եմ” — I think so too — I agree. Written with the characters Ե, ս, է, լ, ե, մ, ա, յ, դ, պ, ե, ս.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ես էլ եմ այդպես կարծում |
| Read in Latin letters | yes el em aytbes gardzum |
| Translation | I think so too |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
էլ means too, and it stands right after the word it belongs to: ես էլ, me too. Կարծել is to reckon, to opine — softer than մտածել
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.
- Ես էլ եմ այդպես կարծում, համաձայն եմyes el em aytbes gardzum, hamatsayn emI think so too — I agree
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 “I think so too” in Western Armenian?
«Ես էլ եմ այդպես կարծում», read “yes el em aytbes gardzum”. In a live sentence: “Ես էլ եմ այդպես կարծում, համաձայն եմ” — I think so too — I agree. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ե, ս, է, լ, ե, մ, ա, յ, դ, պ, ե, ս.
How is “Ես էլ եմ այդպես կարծում” written in Latin letters?
yes el em aytbes gardzum. 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?
էլ means too, and it stands right after the word it belongs to: ես էլ, me too. Կարծել is to reckon, to opine — softer than մտածել. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.