LingoflyՖութպոլի դաշտ
- Ֆութպոլի դաշտfut'boli tashdfootball field
“Ֆութպոլի դաշտ” (fut'boli tashd) — football field in Western Armenian. Noun, level A1. Դաշտ (tashd) is a field in nature too. The whole stadium is մարզադաշտ (marzatashd) — the same դաշտ (tashd) as its second root. In a live sentence: “Ֆութպոլի դաշտը դպրոցին ետեւն է” (fut'boli tashdə tbrotsin yedevn e) — The football field is behind the school. Written with the characters Ֆ, ո, ւ, թ, պ, ո, լ, ի, դ, ա, շ, տ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ֆութպոլի դաշտ (fut'boli tashd) |
| Read in Latin letters | fut'boli tashd |
| Translation | football field |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Դաշտ (tashd) is a field in nature too. The whole stadium is մարզադաշտ (marzatashd) — the same դաշտ (tashd) as its second root
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.
- Ֆութպոլի դաշտը դպրոցին ետեւն էfut'boli tashdə tbrotsin yedevn eThe football field is behind the school
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 “football field” in Western Armenian?
«Ֆութպոլի դաշտ» (fut'boli tashd), read “fut'boli tashd”. In a live sentence: “Ֆութպոլի դաշտը դպրոցին ետեւն է” (fut'boli tashdə tbrotsin yedevn e) — The football field is behind the school. Noun, level A1; written with the characters Ֆ, ո, ւ, թ, պ, ո, լ, ի, դ, ա, շ, տ.
How is “Ֆութպոլի դաշտ” (fut'boli tashd) written in Latin letters?
fut'boli tashd. 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?
Դաշտ (tashd) is a field in nature too. The whole stadium is մարզադաշտ (marzatashd) — the same դաշտ (tashd) as its second root. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.