LingoflyՀեռախօսի հաշիւ
- Հեռախօսի հաշիւherrakhosi hashyuphone bill
“Հեռախօսի հաշիւ” (herrakhosi hashyu) — phone bill in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. The same հաշիւ (hashiv) as on a café bill — հաշիւը, խնդրեմ (hashivə, khntrem). What the bill is for stands in front in the of-what form. In a live sentence: “Հեռախօսի հաշիւը ամսուան վերջը կը վճարեմ” (herrakhosi hashyuə amsuan verchə gə vjarem) — I pay the phone bill at the end of the month.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Հեռախօսի հաշիւ (herrakhosi hashyu) |
| Read in Latin letters | herrakhosi hashyu |
| Translation | phone bill |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
the same հաշիւ (hashiv) as on a café bill — հաշիւը, խնդրեմ (hashivə, khntrem). What the bill is for stands in front in the of-what form
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 “phone bill” in Western Armenian?
«Հեռախօսի հաշիւ» (herrakhosi hashyu), read “herrakhosi hashyu”. In a live sentence: “Հեռախօսի հաշիւը ամսուան վերջը կը վճարեմ” (herrakhosi hashyuə amsuan verchə gə vjarem) — I pay the phone bill at the end of the month. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Հ, ե, ռ, ա, խ, օ, ս, ի, հ, ա, շ, ի…
How is “Հեռախօսի հաշիւ” (herrakhosi hashyu) written in Latin letters?
herrakhosi hashyu. 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?
The same հաշիւ (hashiv) as on a café bill — հաշիւը, խնդրեմ (hashivə, khntrem). What the bill is for stands in front in the of-what form. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.