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- Հաշիւhashivbill
“Հաշիւ” (hashiv) — bill in Western Armenian. Noun, level A1, topic — at a café and a restaurant. Ask for it politely: հաշիւը, խնդրեմ (hashivə, khntrem) — the bill, please. The same word covers any calculation: the 'count' hiding inside the bill. In a live sentence: “Հաշիւը, խնդրեմ” (hashivə, khntrem) — The bill, please. Written with the characters Հ, ա, շ, ի, ւ. One of 8 words in the set “at a café and a restaurant” in the Western Armenian course.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Հաշիւ (hashiv) |
| Read in Latin letters | hashiv |
| Translation | bill |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Ask for it politely: հաշիւը, խնդրեմ (hashivə, khntrem) — the bill, please. The same word covers any calculation: the 'count' hiding inside the bill
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: at a café and a restaurant
Order, ask the price, ask for the bill. A short and entirely predictable conversation — a convenient place to test yourself for the first time.
- Թէյt'eyteaWritten with թ — a t with a puff of air. Spelled with տ instead, it would come out 'day'. Say t'-EY and you are drinking tea
- ԱպուրabursoupThe պ sounds like b: a-BOOR, stress at the end. No separate word for broth — just մսի (msi)
ապուր(abur), meat soup - ՃաշարանjasharanrestaurantBuilt from
ճաշ(jash), a meal, +արան, a place: literally 'the meal hall'. The ճ sounds like j as in 'jam': ja-sha-RAN - Սրճարանsrjarancoffee shopOne word serves 'café' and 'coffee-house' alike. Inside it sits
սուրճ(surj), coffee — with itsու(u) shrinking away: sr-ja-RAN
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “at a café and a restaurant”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “bill” in Western Armenian?
Ask for it politely: հաշիւը, խնդրեմ (hashivə, khntrem) — the bill, please. The same word covers any calculation: the 'count' hiding inside the bill
- How do you say “coffee shop” in Western Armenian?
One word serves 'café' and 'coffee-house' alike. Inside it sits սուրճ (surj), coffee — with its ու (u) shrinking away: sr-ja-RAN
- How do you say “café” in Western Armenian?
Same architecture as ճաշարան (jasharan): սուրճ (surj) (coffee) + արան (place) — the coffee hall. The word tells you what is served
- How do you say “restaurant” in Western Armenian?
Built from ճաշ (jash), a meal, + արան, a place: literally 'the meal hall'. The ճ sounds like j as in 'jam': ja-sha-RAN
- How do you say “soup” in Western Armenian?
The պ sounds like b: a-BOOR, stress at the end. No separate word for broth — just մսի (msi) ապուր (abur), meat soup
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 “bill” in Western Armenian?
«Հաշիւ» (hashiv), read “hashiv”. In a live sentence: “Հաշիւը, խնդրեմ” (hashivə, khntrem) — The bill, please. Noun, level A1, from the set “at a café and a restaurant”; written with the characters Հ, ա, շ, ի, ւ.
How is “Հաշիւ” (hashiv) written in Latin letters?
hashiv. 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?
Ask for it politely: հաշիւը, խնդրեմ (hashivə, khntrem) — the bill, please. The same word covers any calculation: the 'count' hiding inside the bill. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.