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“Տուն” (dun) — back home in Western Armenian. Adverb, level A1, topic — asking the way. Տուն (dun) is house; 'home' as a direction is the same word with no ending — the verb carries it: տուն (dun) գնա. At home, in place, is տունը (dunə). In a live sentence: “Երեխաները տուն վերադարձան” (yerekhanerə dun veratartsan) — The children came back home. Written with the characters Տ, ո, ւ, ն. One of 18 words in the set “asking the way” in the Western Armenian course.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Տուն (dun) |
| Read in Latin letters | dun |
| Translation | back home |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Տուն (dun) is house; 'home' as a direction is the same word with no ending — the verb carries it: տուն (dun) գնա. At home, in place, is տունը (dunə)
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.
Nearby words: asking the way
Right, left, straight on, how far. You ask the way rarely — and always at the moment when there is no time to work it out.
- ՁախtsakhleftThe partner of
աջ(ach), right. The ձ sounds like ts as in 'cats', the խ like the ch of 'loch': TSAKH - Ուղիղughighstraight aheadBoth 'straight ahead' about a road and 'exactly, precisely' in general — the key word of every street direction you will be given
- Միւս կողմըmyus goghməon the other side
Կողմ(goghm) is a side. Here the word with its article,կողմը(goghmə), carries the 'where' by itself — no preposition before it - Երկու քայլի վրայyergu k'ayli vratwo steps away
Վրայ(vra) trails behind its word and demands the possessive — that is whyքայլ(k'ayl), step, turns intoքայլի(k'ayli) - Աջ կողմըach goghməto the right ofThe mirror of
ձախ կողմը(tsakh goghmə), and it behaves the same way: the noun in front of it stands in the 'to whom' form
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “asking the way”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “back home” in Western Armenian?
Տուն (dun) is house; 'home' as a direction is the same word with no ending — the verb carries it: տուն (dun) գնա. At home, in place, is տունը (dunə)
- How do you say “two steps away” in Western Armenian?
Վրայ (vra) trails behind its word and demands the possessive — that is why քայլ (k'ayl), step, turns into քայլի (k'ayli)
- How do you say “straight ahead” in Western Armenian?
Both 'straight ahead' about a road and 'exactly, precisely' in general — the key word of every street direction you will be given
- How do you say “to the right of” in Western Armenian?
The mirror of ձախ կողմը (tsakh goghmə), and it behaves the same way: the noun in front of it stands in the 'to whom' form
- How do you say “on the other side” in Western Armenian?
Կողմ (goghm) is a side. Here the word with its article, կողմը (goghmə), carries the 'where' by itself — no preposition before 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 “back home” in Western Armenian?
«Տուն» (dun), read “dun”. In a live sentence: “Երեխաները տուն վերադարձան” (yerekhanerə dun veratartsan) — The children came back home. Adverb, level A1, from the set “asking the way”; written with the characters Տ, ո, ւ, ն.
How is “Տուն” (dun) written in Latin letters?
dun. 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?
Տուն (dun) is house; 'home' as a direction is the same word with no ending — the verb carries it: տուն (dun) գնա. At home, in place, is տունը (dunə). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.