LingoflyԱսիկա ինչպէ՞ս կը կոչուի
- Ասիկա ինչպէ՞ս կը կոչուիasiga inchbes gə gochviwhat is this called?
“Ասիկա ինչպէ՞ս կը կոչուի” (asiga inchbes gə gochvi) — what is this called? in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Կոչել is to call, to name, and կը (gə) կոչուի (gochvi) — 'is called'. The most useful question at the market: point a finger and ask. In a live sentence: “Այս միրգը ինչպէ՞ս կը կոչուի” (ays mirkə inchbes gə gochvi) — What is this fruit called?
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ասիկա ինչպէ՞ս կը կոչուի (asiga inchbes gə gochvi) |
| Read in Latin letters | asiga inchbes gə gochvi |
| Translation | what is this called? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
կոչել is to call, to name, and կը (gə) կոչուի (gochvi) — 'is called'. The most useful question at the market: point a finger and ask
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 is this called?” in Western Armenian?
«Ասիկա ինչպէ՞ս կը կոչուի» (asiga inchbes gə gochvi), read “asiga inchbes gə gochvi”. In a live sentence: “Այս միրգը ինչպէ՞ս կը կոչուի” (ays mirkə inchbes gə gochvi) — What is this fruit called? Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ա, ս, ի, կ, ա, ի, ն, չ, պ, է, ս, կ…
How is “Ասիկա ինչպէ՞ս կը կոչուի” (asiga inchbes gə gochvi) written in Latin letters?
asiga inchbes gə gochvi. 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?
Կոչել is to call, to name, and կը (gə) կոչուի (gochvi) — 'is called'. The most useful question at the market: point a finger and ask. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.