LingoflyՀամացանց
- Համացանցhamats'ants'internet
“Համացանց” (hamats'ants') — internet in Western Armenian. Noun, level A1. Համ- is all and ցանց (tsants) a net: the 'all-net'. The loan ինթերնեթ also turns up. Համացանց (hamats'ants') կա՞յ (gay) — is there internet? In a live sentence: “Հիւրանոցին մէջ համացանցը անվճար է” (hyuranotsin mech hamats'ants'ə anvjar e) — The internet at the hotel is free. Written with the characters Հ, ա, մ, ա, ց, ա, ն, ց. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Համացանց (hamats'ants') |
| Read in Latin letters | hamats'ants' |
| Translation | internet |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Համ- is all and ցանց (tsants) a net: the 'all-net'. The loan ինթերնեթ also turns up. Համացանց (hamats'ants') կա՞յ (gay) — is there internet?
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.
- Հիւրանոցին մէջ համացանցը անվճար էhyuranotsin mech hamats'ants'ə anvjar eThe internet at the hotel is free
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 “internet” in Western Armenian?
«Համացանց» (hamats'ants'), read “hamats'ants'”. In a live sentence: “Հիւրանոցին մէջ համացանցը անվճար է” (hyuranotsin mech hamats'ants'ə anvjar e) — The internet at the hotel is free. Noun, level A1; written with the characters Հ, ա, մ, ա, ց, ա, ն, ց.
How is “Համացանց” (hamats'ants') written in Latin letters?
hamats'ants'. 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?
Համ- is all and ցանց (tsants) a net: the 'all-net'. The loan ինթերնեթ also turns up. Համացանց (hamats'ants') կա՞յ (gay) — is there internet? A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.