LingoflyԴէմ ըլլալ
- Դէմ ըլլալtem əllalto be against
“Դէմ ըլլալ” (tem əllal) — to be against in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Դէմ (tem) is against and կողմ (goghm) is for: ես (yes) կողմ (goghm) եմ (em), ես (yes) դէմ (tem) եմ (em). What you are against takes the 'to whom' form: այս (ays) տարբերակին (darperagin) դէմ (tem) եմ (em). In a live sentence: “Ես դէմ եմ այս տարբերակին” (yes tem em ays darperagin) — I am against this option. Written with the characters Դ, է, մ, ը, լ, լ, ա, լ.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Դէմ ըլլալ (tem əllal) |
| Read in Latin letters | tem əllal |
| Translation | to be against |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
դէմ (tem) is against and կողմ (goghm) is for: ես (yes) կողմ (goghm) եմ (em), ես (yes) դէմ (tem) եմ (em). What you are against takes the 'to whom' form: այս (ays) տարբերակին (darperagin) դէմ (tem) եմ (em)
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 “to be against” in Western Armenian?
«Դէմ ըլլալ» (tem əllal), read “tem əllal”. In a live sentence: “Ես դէմ եմ այս տարբերակին” (yes tem em ays darperagin) — I am against this option. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Դ, է, մ, ը, լ, լ, ա, լ.
How is “Դէմ ըլլալ” (tem əllal) written in Latin letters?
tem əllal. 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?
Դէմ (tem) is against and կողմ (goghm) is for: ես (yes) կողմ (goghm) եմ (em), ես (yes) դէմ (tem) եմ (em). What you are against takes the 'to whom' form: այս (ays) տարբերակին (darperagin) դէմ (tem) եմ (em). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.