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- Աւելի լաւ եմaveli lav emI feel better
“Աւելի լաւ եմ” (aveli lav em) — I feel better in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A1. Literally 'I am better': feelings take the linking եմ (em), and աւելի (aveli) means 'more'. In a live sentence: “Շնորհակալ եմ, աւելի լաւ եմ” (shnorhagal em, aveli lav em) — Thank you, I feel better. Written with the characters Ա, ւ, ե, լ, ի, լ, ա, ւ, ե, մ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Աւելի լաւ եմ (aveli lav em) |
| Read in Latin letters | aveli lav em |
| Translation | I feel better |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'I am better': feelings take the linking եմ (em), and աւելի (aveli) means 'more'
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.
- Շնորհակալ եմ, աւելի լաւ եմshnorhagal em, aveli lav emThank you, I feel better
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 “I feel better” in Western Armenian?
«Աւելի լաւ եմ» (aveli lav em), read “aveli lav em”. In a live sentence: “Շնորհակալ եմ, աւելի լաւ եմ” (shnorhagal em, aveli lav em) — Thank you, I feel better. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters Ա, ւ, ե, լ, ի, լ, ա, ւ, ե, մ.
How is “Աւելի լաւ եմ” (aveli lav em) written in Latin letters?
aveli lav em. 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?
Literally 'I am better': feelings take the linking եմ (em), and աւելի (aveli) means 'more'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.