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“Դասագիրք” (tasakirk') — textbook in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. Դաս (tas) plus գիրք (kirk'), book: 'a lesson book'. The workbook that goes with it is աշխատանքային (ashkhadank'ayin) տետր (dedr) — a work notebook. In a live sentence: “Դասագիրքը բացէք երեսուներորդ էջին վրայ” (tasakirk'ə patsek' yeresunerort echin vray) — Open the textbook to page thirty. Written with the characters Դ, ա, ս, ա, գ, ի, ր, ք. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Դասագիրք (tasakirk') |
| Read in Latin letters | tasakirk' |
| Translation | textbook |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
դաս (tas) plus գիրք (kirk'), book: 'a lesson book'. The workbook that goes with it is աշխատանքային (ashkhadank'ayin) տետր (dedr) — a work notebook
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.
- Դասագիրքը բացէք երեսուներորդ էջին վրայtasakirk'ə patsek' yeresunerort echin vrayOpen the textbook to page thirty
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 “textbook” in Western Armenian?
«Դասագիրք» (tasakirk'), read “tasakirk'”. In a live sentence: “Դասագիրքը բացէք երեսուներորդ էջին վրայ” (tasakirk'ə patsek' yeresunerort echin vray) — Open the textbook to page thirty. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Դ, ա, ս, ա, գ, ի, ր, ք.
How is “Դասագիրք” (tasakirk') written in Latin letters?
tasakirk'. 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?
Դաս (tas) plus գիրք (kirk'), book: 'a lesson book'. The workbook that goes with it is աշխատանքային (ashkhadank'ayin) տետր (dedr) — a work notebook. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.