Գլոբալ տաքացում
- Գլոբալ տաքացումklopal dak'atsumglobal warming
“Գլոբալ տաքացում” (klopal dak'atsum) — global warming in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. Տաք (dak') is warm and տաքացում (dak'atsum) is a heating up. There is also the fully native version համաշխարհային տաքացում (dak'atsum), from աշխարհ, the world. In a live sentence: “Գլոբալ տաքացումը սառցադաշտերը կը հալեցնէ” (klopal dak'atsumə sarrtsatashderə gə haletsne) — Global warming melts the glaciers. Written with the characters Գ, լ, ո, բ, ա, լ, տ, ա, ք, ա, ց, ո… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Գլոբալ տաքացում (klopal dak'atsum) |
| Read in Latin letters | klopal dak'atsum |
| Translation | global warming |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
տաք (dak') is warm and տաքացում (dak'atsum) is a heating up. There is also the fully native version համաշխարհային տաքացում (dak'atsum), from աշխարհ, the world
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.
- Գլոբալ տաքացումը սառցադաշտերը կը հալեցնէklopal dak'atsumə sarrtsatashderə gə haletsneGlobal warming melts the glaciers
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 “global warming” in Western Armenian?
«Գլոբալ տաքացում» (klopal dak'atsum), read “klopal dak'atsum”. In a live sentence: “Գլոբալ տաքացումը սառցադաշտերը կը հալեցնէ” (klopal dak'atsumə sarrtsatashderə gə haletsne) — Global warming melts the glaciers. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Գ, լ, ո, բ, ա, լ, տ, ա, ք, ա, ց, ո…
How is “Գլոբալ տաքացում” (klopal dak'atsum) written in Latin letters?
klopal dak'atsum. 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?
Տաք (dak') is warm and տաքացում (dak'atsum) is a heating up. There is also the fully native version համաշխարհային տաքացում (dak'atsum), from աշխարհ, the world. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.