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- Ընելիքներու ցանկənelik'neru tsangto-do list
“Ընելիքներու ցանկ” (ənelik'neru tsang) — to-do list in Western Armenian. Noun, level A1. Ընելիք is what is still to be done, from ընել (ənel), to do. Ցանկ is a list, while ցանկութիւն (tsangut'yun) is a desire. In a live sentence: “Ընելիքներու ցանկը կը գրեմ առաւօտեան” (ənelik'neru tsangə gə krem arravodean) — I write my to-do list in the morning. Written with the characters Ը, ն, ե, լ, ի, ք, ն, ե, ր, ո, ւ, ց… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ընելիքներու ցանկ (ənelik'neru tsang) |
| Read in Latin letters | ənelik'neru tsang |
| Translation | to-do list |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Ընելիք is what is still to be done, from ընել (ənel), to do. Ցանկ is a list, while ցանկութիւն (tsangut'yun) is a desire
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.
- Ընելիքներու ցանկը կը գրեմ առաւօտեանənelik'neru tsangə gə krem arravodeanI write my to-do list in the morning
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-do list” in Western Armenian?
«Ընելիքներու ցանկ» (ənelik'neru tsang), read “ənelik'neru tsang”. In a live sentence: “Ընելիքներու ցանկը կը գրեմ առաւօտեան” (ənelik'neru tsangə gə krem arravodean) — I write my to-do list in the morning. Noun, level A1; written with the characters Ը, ն, ե, լ, ի, ք, ն, ե, ր, ո, ւ, ց…
How is “Ընելիքներու ցանկ” (ənelik'neru tsang) written in Latin letters?
ənelik'neru tsang. 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?
Ընելիք is what is still to be done, from ընել (ənel), to do. Ցանկ is a list, while ցանկութիւն (tsangut'yun) is a desire. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.