LingoflyԴրամատնային քարտ
- Դրամատնային քարտtramadnayin k'ardbank card
“Դրամատնային քարտ” (tramadnayin k'ard) — bank card in Western Armenian. Noun, level A1. In speech one word does the job: քարտով (k'ardov) պիտի (bidi) վճարեմ (vjarem) — I'll pay by card. The full phrase belongs to signs and forms. In a live sentence: “Դրամատնային քարտով պիտի վճարեմ” (tramadnayin k'ardov bidi vjarem) — I will pay with a bank card. Written with the characters Դ, ր, ա, մ, ա, տ, ն, ա, յ, ի, ն, ք… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Դրամատնային քարտ (tramadnayin k'ard) |
| Read in Latin letters | tramadnayin k'ard |
| Translation | bank card |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
In speech one word does the job: քարտով (k'ardov) պիտի (bidi) վճարեմ (vjarem) — I'll pay by card. The full phrase belongs to signs and forms
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.
- Դրամատնային քարտով պիտի վճարեմtramadnayin k'ardov bidi vjaremI will pay with a bank card
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 “bank card” in Western Armenian?
«Դրամատնային քարտ» (tramadnayin k'ard), read “tramadnayin k'ard”. In a live sentence: “Դրամատնային քարտով պիտի վճարեմ” (tramadnayin k'ardov bidi vjarem) — I will pay with a bank card. Noun, level A1; written with the characters Դ, ր, ա, մ, ա, տ, ն, ա, յ, ի, ն, ք…
How is “Դրամատնային քարտ” (tramadnayin k'ard) written in Latin letters?
tramadnayin k'ard. 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?
In speech one word does the job: քարտով (k'ardov) պիտի (bidi) վճարեմ (vjarem) — I'll pay by card. The full phrase belongs to signs and forms. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.