LingoflyԱմէն ինչ նորէն սկսիլ
- Ամէն ինչ նորէն սկսիլamen inch noren sgsilto start over
“Ամէն ինչ նորէն սկսիլ” (amen inch noren sgsil) — to start over in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to begin everything again'. The bookish վերսկսիլ (versgsil) means to resume the interrupted; this phrase is about starting from a clean slate. In a live sentence: “Քառասուն տարեկանին որոշեց ամէն ինչ նորէն սկսիլ” (k'arrasun dareganin voroshets amen inch noren sgsil) — At forty he decided to start over.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ամէն ինչ նորէն սկսիլ (amen inch noren sgsil) |
| Read in Latin letters | amen inch noren sgsil |
| Translation | to start over |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to begin everything again'. The bookish վերսկսիլ (versgsil) means to resume the interrupted; this phrase is about starting from a clean slate
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.
- Քառասուն տարեկանին որոշեց ամէն ինչ նորէն սկսիլk'arrasun dareganin voroshets amen inch noren sgsilAt forty he decided to start over
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 “to start over” in Western Armenian?
«Ամէն ինչ նորէն սկսիլ» (amen inch noren sgsil), read “amen inch noren sgsil”. In a live sentence: “Քառասուն տարեկանին որոշեց ամէն ինչ նորէն սկսիլ” (k'arrasun dareganin voroshets amen inch noren sgsil) — At forty he decided to start over. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, մ, է, ն, ի, ն, չ, ն, ո, ր, է, ն…
How is “Ամէն ինչ նորէն սկսիլ” (amen inch noren sgsil) written in Latin letters?
amen inch noren sgsil. 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 'to begin everything again'. The bookish վերսկսիլ (versgsil) means to resume the interrupted; this phrase is about starting from a clean slate. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.