LingoflyԿ'ըսեն, որ
- Կ'ըսեն, որg'əsen, vorthey say (that)
“Կ'ըսեն, որ” (g'əsen, vor) — they say (that) in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. An impersonal 'they say': no subject is needed and none appears. The same pattern in կ'ըսեն (g'əsen)՝ ճիշդ (jishd) է and լսած (lsadz) եմ (em), որ (vor). In a live sentence: “Կ'ըսեն, որ գիները նորէն պիտի բարձրանան” (g'əsen, vor kinerə noren bidi partsranan) — They say the prices will rise again. Written with the characters Կ, ը, ս, ե, ն, ո, ր. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Կ'ըսեն, որ (g'əsen, vor) |
| Read in Latin letters | g'əsen, vor |
| Translation | they say (that) |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
An impersonal 'they say': no subject is needed and none appears. The same pattern in կ'ըսեն (g'əsen)՝ ճիշդ (jishd) է and լսած (lsadz) եմ (em), 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.
- Կ'ըսեն, որ գիները նորէն պիտի բարձրանանg'əsen, vor kinerə noren bidi partsrananThey say the prices will rise again
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 “they say (that)” in Western Armenian?
«Կ'ըսեն, որ» (g'əsen, vor), read “g'əsen, vor”. In a live sentence: “Կ'ըսեն, որ գիները նորէն պիտի բարձրանան” (g'əsen, vor kinerə noren bidi partsranan) — They say the prices will rise again. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Կ, ը, ս, ե, ն, ո, ր.
How is “Կ'ըսեն, որ” (g'əsen, vor) written in Latin letters?
g'əsen, vor. 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?
An impersonal 'they say': no subject is needed and none appears. The same pattern in կ'ըսեն (g'əsen)՝ ճիշդ (jishd) է and լսած (lsadz) եմ (em), 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.