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- Արագութիւնը գերազանցելarakut'yunə kerazantselto exceed the speed limit
“Արագութիւնը գերազանցել” (arakut'yunə kerazantsel) — to exceed the speed limit in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Գէր- means 'over-', the piece inside գերազանց, excellent — literally 'surpassing all'. The police formula in full: արագութիւնը (arakut'yunə) գերազանցելու համար (hamar) տուգանք (dukank'), a fine for speeding. In a live sentence: “Արագութիւնը գերազանցեցի եւ տուգանք ստացայ” (arakut'yunə kerazantsetsi yev dukank' sdatsay) — I exceeded the speed limit and got a fine. Written with the characters Ա, ր, ա, գ, ո, ւ, թ, ի, ւ, ն, ը, գ…
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Արագութիւնը գերազանցել (arakut'yunə kerazantsel) |
| Read in Latin letters | arakut'yunə kerazantsel |
| Translation | to exceed the speed limit |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
գէր- means 'over-', the piece inside գերազանց, excellent — literally 'surpassing all'. The police formula in full: արագութիւնը (arakut'yunə) գերազանցելու համար (hamar) տուգանք (dukank'), a fine for speeding
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.
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 exceed the speed limit” in Western Armenian?
«Արագութիւնը գերազանցել» (arakut'yunə kerazantsel), read “arakut'yunə kerazantsel”. In a live sentence: “Արագութիւնը գերազանցեցի եւ տուգանք ստացայ” (arakut'yunə kerazantsetsi yev dukank' sdatsay) — I exceeded the speed limit and got a fine. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, ր, ա, գ, ո, ւ, թ, ի, ւ, ն, ը, գ…
How is “Արագութիւնը գերազանցել” (arakut'yunə kerazantsel) written in Latin letters?
arakut'yunə kerazantsel. 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?
Գէր- means 'over-', the piece inside գերազանց, excellent — literally 'surpassing all'. The police formula in full: արագութիւնը (arakut'yunə) գերազանցելու համար (hamar) տուգանք (dukank'), a fine for speeding. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.