LingoflyԻրաւունք ունենալ
- Իրաւունք ունենալiravunk' unenalto have the right
“Իրաւունք ունենալ” (iravunk' unenal) — to have the right in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Իրաւունք (iravunk) is a right, and the same word names law as a field. What exactly you have the right to takes the -ի ending: հանգստի իրաւունք (iravunk) — the right to rest. In a live sentence: “Դուք իրաւունք ունիք լռելու” (tuk' iravunk' unik' lrrelu) — You have the right to remain silent. Written with the characters Ի, ր, ա, ւ, ո, ւ, ն, ք, ո, ւ, ն, ե…
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Իրաւունք ունենալ (iravunk' unenal) |
| Read in Latin letters | iravunk' unenal |
| Translation | to have the right |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
իրաւունք (iravunk) is a right, and the same word names law as a field. What exactly you have the right to takes the -ի ending: հանգստի իրաւունք (iravunk) — the right to rest
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 “to have the right” in Western Armenian?
«Իրաւունք ունենալ» (iravunk' unenal), read “iravunk' unenal”. In a live sentence: “Դուք իրաւունք ունիք լռելու” (tuk' iravunk' unik' lrrelu) — You have the right to remain silent. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ի, ր, ա, ւ, ո, ւ, ն, ք, ո, ւ, ն, ե…
How is “Իրաւունք ունենալ” (iravunk' unenal) written in Latin letters?
iravunk' unenal. 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?
Իրաւունք (iravunk) is a right, and the same word names law as a field. What exactly you have the right to takes the -ի ending: հանգստի իրաւունք (iravunk) — the right to rest. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.