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- Գիրքերու դարակkirk'eru taragbookshelf
“Գիրքերու դարակ” (kirk'eru tarag) — bookshelf in Western Armenian. Noun, level A1. Դարակ (tarag) is the shelf; the books are many, so the possessive is plural: գիրքերու (kirk'eru). The whole cabinet is գրապահարան. In a live sentence: “Գիրքերու դարակը լեցուն է” (kirk'eru taragə letsun e) — The bookshelf is full. Written with the characters Գ, ի, ր, ք, ե, ր, ո, ւ, դ, ա, ր, ա… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Գիրքերու դարակ (kirk'eru tarag) |
| Read in Latin letters | kirk'eru tarag |
| Translation | bookshelf |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Դարակ (tarag) is the shelf; the books are many, so the possessive is plural: գիրքերու (kirk'eru). The whole cabinet is գրապահարան
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.
- Գիրքերու դարակը լեցուն էkirk'eru taragə letsun eThe bookshelf is full
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 “bookshelf” in Western Armenian?
«Գիրքերու դարակ» (kirk'eru tarag), read “kirk'eru tarag”. In a live sentence: “Գիրքերու դարակը լեցուն է” (kirk'eru taragə letsun e) — The bookshelf is full. Noun, level A1; written with the characters Գ, ի, ր, ք, ե, ր, ո, ւ, դ, ա, ր, ա…
How is “Գիրքերու դարակ” (kirk'eru tarag) written in Latin letters?
kirk'eru tarag. 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?
Դարակ (tarag) is the shelf; the books are many, so the possessive is plural: գիրքերու (kirk'eru). The whole cabinet is գրապահարան. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.