LingoflyԷկրանը կոտրուած է
- Էկրանը կոտրուած էegranə godrvadz ethe screen is broken
“Էկրանը կոտրուած է” (egranə godrvadz e) — the screen is broken in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Your էկրան (egran), screen, and կոտրուիլ, to break by itself — the no-culprit form behind կոտրուած է (godruadz e). Armenian says the screen 'broke', the same verb as the cup. In a live sentence: “Ինկաւ, եւ էկրանը կոտրուեցաւ” (ingav, yev egranə godrvetsav) — It fell, and the screen is broken. Written with the characters Է, կ, ր, ա, ն, ը, կ, ո, տ, ր, ո, ւ…
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Էկրանը կոտրուած է (egranə godrvadz e) |
| Read in Latin letters | egranə godrvadz e |
| Translation | the screen is broken |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Your էկրան (egran), screen, and կոտրուիլ, to break by itself — the no-culprit form behind կոտրուած է (godruadz e). Armenian says the screen 'broke', the same verb as the cup
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 “the screen is broken” in Western Armenian?
«Էկրանը կոտրուած է» (egranə godrvadz e), read “egranə godrvadz e”. In a live sentence: “Ինկաւ, եւ էկրանը կոտրուեցաւ” (ingav, yev egranə godrvetsav) — It fell, and the screen is broken. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Է, կ, ր, ա, ն, ը, կ, ո, տ, ր, ո, ւ…
How is “Էկրանը կոտրուած է” (egranə godrvadz e) written in Latin letters?
egranə godrvadz 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?
Your էկրան (egran), screen, and կոտրուիլ, to break by itself — the no-culprit form behind կոտրուած է (godruadz e). Armenian says the screen 'broke', the same verb as the cup. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.