LingoflyՉափէն աւելի հարթ է
- Չափէն աւելի հարթ էchap'en aveli hart' etoo smooth
“Չափէն աւելի հարթ է” (chap'en aveli hart' e) — too smooth in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Չափէն (chap'en) աւելի (aveli) is 'beyond measure', from չափ (chap), a measure, with -էն. Հարթ (hart'), flat, works figuratively here, like 'smooth' in English. In a live sentence: “Այս պատմութիւնը չափէն աւելի հարթ է” (ays badmut'yunə chap'en aveli hart' e) — This story is too smooth. Written with the characters Չ, ա, փ, է, ն, ա, ւ, ե, լ, ի, հ, ա… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Չափէն աւելի հարթ է (chap'en aveli hart' e) |
| Read in Latin letters | chap'en aveli hart' e |
| Translation | too smooth |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Չափէն (chap'en) աւելի (aveli) is 'beyond measure', from չափ (chap), a measure, with -էն. Հարթ (hart'), flat, works figuratively here, like 'smooth' in English
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 “too smooth” in Western Armenian?
«Չափէն աւելի հարթ է» (chap'en aveli hart' e), read “chap'en aveli hart' e”. In a live sentence: “Այս պատմութիւնը չափէն աւելի հարթ է” (ays badmut'yunə chap'en aveli hart' e) — This story is too smooth. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Չ, ա, փ, է, ն, ա, ւ, ե, լ, ի, հ, ա…
How is “Չափէն աւելի հարթ է” (chap'en aveli hart' e) written in Latin letters?
chap'en aveli hart' 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?
Չափէն (chap'en) աւելի (aveli) is 'beyond measure', from չափ (chap), a measure, with -էն. Հարթ (hart'), flat, works figuratively here, like 'smooth' in English. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.