LingoflyՉափազանց մեծ է
- Չափազանց մեծ էchap'azants medz etoo big
“Չափազանց մեծ է” (chap'azants medz e) — too big in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Չափ (chap) is a measure and չափազանց (chap'azants) means 'beyond measure' — too. In casual speech a plain շատ (shad) մեծ (medz) է does the job. In a live sentence: “Ուսերին չափազանց մեծ է” (userin chap'azants medz e) — It is too big in the shoulders. Written with the characters Չ, ա, փ, ա, զ, ա, ն, ց, մ, ե, ծ, է. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Չափազանց մեծ է (chap'azants medz e) |
| Read in Latin letters | chap'azants medz e |
| Translation | too big |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
չափ (chap) is a measure and չափազանց (chap'azants) means 'beyond measure' — too. In casual speech a plain շատ (shad) մեծ (medz) է does the job
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.
- Ուսերին չափազանց մեծ էuserin chap'azants medz eIt is too big in the shoulders
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 “too big” in Western Armenian?
«Չափազանց մեծ է» (chap'azants medz e), read “chap'azants medz e”. In a live sentence: “Ուսերին չափազանց մեծ է” (userin chap'azants medz e) — It is too big in the shoulders. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Չ, ա, փ, ա, զ, ա, ն, ց, մ, ե, ծ, է.
How is “Չափազանց մեծ է” (chap'azants medz e) written in Latin letters?
chap'azants medz e. 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?
Չափ (chap) is a measure and չափազանց (chap'azants) means 'beyond measure' — too. In casual speech a plain շատ (shad) մեծ (medz) է does the job. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.