Ըստ խոսքերի
“Ըստ խոսքերի” (əsd khosk'eri) — according to in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. the opening ը is a tiny shadow vowel, not a full sound: 'uhst'. In a live sentence: “Ըստ վարորդի խոսքերի՝ ճանապարհը փակ էր” — According to the driver, the road was closed. Written with the characters Ը, ս, տ, խ, ո, ս, ք, ե, ր, ի. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ըստ խոսքերի |
| Read in Latin letters | əsd khosk'eri |
| Translation | according to |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
the opening ը is a tiny shadow vowel, not a full sound: 'uhst'
Why it looks that way
ըստ demands the possessive: ըստ վարորդի խօսքերի. Shorter and commoner is just ըստ անոր — in his words
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.
- Ըստ վարորդի խոսքերի՝ ճանապարհը փակ էրəsd varorti khosk'eri janabarhə p'ag erAccording to the driver, the road was closed
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 “according to” in Western Armenian?
«Ըստ խոսքերի», read “əsd khosk'eri”. the opening ը is a tiny shadow vowel, not a full sound: 'uhst'. In a live sentence: “Ըստ վարորդի խոսքերի՝ ճանապարհը փակ էր” — According to the driver, the road was closed. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ը, ս, տ, խ, ո, ս, ք, ե, ր, ի.
How is “Ըստ խոսքերի” written in Latin letters?
əsd khosk'eri. 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?
ըստ demands the possessive: ըստ վարորդի խօսքերի. Shorter and commoner is just ըստ անոր — in his words. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.