Ժամանակն է երթալ
“Ժամանակն է երթալ” (zhamanagn e yert'al) — it's time to go in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Literally 'the time is to go' — no 'for me' anywhere. Very colloquially Armenians say ես երթացայ, 'I went', while still standing in the room. In a live sentence: “Ուշ է, ժամանակն է երթալ” — It's late, it's time to go. Written with the characters Ժ, ա, մ, ա, ն, ա, կ, ն, է, ե, ր, թ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ժամանակն է երթալ |
| Read in Latin letters | zhamanagn e yert'al |
| Translation | it's time to go |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the time is to go' — no 'for me' anywhere. Very colloquially Armenians say ես երթացայ, 'I went', while still standing in the room
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.
- Ուշ է, ժամանակն է երթալush e, zhamanagn e yert'alIt's late, it's time to go
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 “it's time to go” in Western Armenian?
«Ժամանակն է երթալ», read “zhamanagn e yert'al”. In a live sentence: “Ուշ է, ժամանակն է երթալ” — It's late, it's time to go. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ժ, ա, մ, ա, ն, ա, կ, ն, է, ե, ր, թ.
How is “Ժամանակն է երթալ” written in Latin letters?
zhamanagn e yert'al. 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?
Literally 'the time is to go' — no 'for me' anywhere. Very colloquially Armenians say ես երթացայ, 'I went', while still standing in the room. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.