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- Ասիկա ի՞նչ կը նշանակէasiga inch gə nshanagewhat does this mean?
“Ասիկա ի՞նչ կը նշանակէ” (asiga inch gə nshanage) — what does this mean? in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Նշանակել means to signify — the same word that sets a time. Ասիկա (asiga) is 'this', the nearest of the three: ասիկա (asiga), ատիկա (adiga), անիկա. In a live sentence: “Այս բառը ի՞նչ կը նշանակէ” (ays parrə inch gə nshanage) — What does this word mean?
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ասիկա ի՞նչ կը նշանակէ (asiga inch gə nshanage) |
| Read in Latin letters | asiga inch gə nshanage |
| Translation | what does this mean? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
նշանակել means to signify — the same word that sets a time. Ասիկա (asiga) is 'this', the nearest of the three: ասիկա (asiga), ատիկա (adiga), անիկա
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 “what does this mean?” in Western Armenian?
«Ասիկա ի՞նչ կը նշանակէ» (asiga inch gə nshanage), read “asiga inch gə nshanage”. In a live sentence: “Այս բառը ի՞նչ կը նշանակէ” (ays parrə inch gə nshanage) — What does this word mean? Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ա, ս, ի, կ, ա, ի, ն, չ, կ, ը, ն, շ…
How is “Ասիկա ի՞նչ կը նշանակէ” (asiga inch gə nshanage) written in Latin letters?
asiga inch gə nshanage. 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?
Նշանակել means to signify — the same word that sets a time. Ասիկա (asiga) is 'this', the nearest of the three: ասիկա (asiga), ատիկա (adiga), անիկա. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.