LingoflyԱմէն ինչ սկսաւ անկէ
- Ամէն ինչ սկսաւ անկէamen inch sgsav angeit all started with
“Ամէն ինչ սկսաւ անկէ” (amen inch sgsav ange) — it all started with in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. The English 'with' here is the 'from' ending: անկէ (ange) — 'from that'. Usually followed by որ (vor). In a live sentence: “Ամէն ինչ սկսաւ անկէ, որ մեքենան չաշխատեցաւ” (amen inch sgsav ange, vor mek'enan chashkhadetsav) — It all started with the car not starting. Written with the characters Ա, մ, է, ն, ի, ն, չ, ս, կ, ս, ա, ւ… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ամէն ինչ սկսաւ անկէ (amen inch sgsav ange) |
| Read in Latin letters | amen inch sgsav ange |
| Translation | it all started with |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The English 'with' here is the 'from' ending: անկէ (ange) — 'from that'. Usually followed by որ (vor)
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.
- Ամէն ինչ սկսաւ անկէ, որ մեքենան չաշխատեցաւamen inch sgsav ange, vor mek'enan chashkhadetsavIt all started with the car not starting
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 all started with” in Western Armenian?
«Ամէն ինչ սկսաւ անկէ» (amen inch sgsav ange), read “amen inch sgsav ange”. In a live sentence: “Ամէն ինչ սկսաւ անկէ, որ մեքենան չաշխատեցաւ” (amen inch sgsav ange, vor mek'enan chashkhadetsav) — It all started with the car not starting. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, մ, է, ն, ի, ն, չ, ս, կ, ս, ա, ւ…
How is “Ամէն ինչ սկսաւ անկէ” (amen inch sgsav ange) written in Latin letters?
amen inch sgsav ange. 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 English 'with' here is the 'from' ending: անկէ (ange) — 'from that'. Usually followed by որ (vor). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.