LingoflyԻրեն թոյլ տալ
- Իրեն թոյլ տալiren t'uyl dalto afford
“Իրեն թոյլ տալ” (iren t'uyl dal) — to afford in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to give oneself permission': թոյլ տալ (t'uyl dal) is to allow. The pronoun bends with the person: ինծի (indzi) թոյլ (t'uyl) կու (gu) տամ (dam) — I allow myself. Here it is the money sense. In a live sentence: “Այս ամիս չեմ կրնար ինծի թոյլ տալ” (ays amis chem grnar indzi t'uyl dal) — This month I can't afford it.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Իրեն թոյլ տալ (iren t'uyl dal) |
| Read in Latin letters | iren t'uyl dal |
| Translation | to afford |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to give oneself permission': թոյլ տալ (t'uyl dal) is to allow. The pronoun bends with the person: ինծի (indzi) թոյլ (t'uyl) կու (gu) տամ (dam) — I allow myself. Here it is the money sense
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 afford” in Western Armenian?
«Իրեն թոյլ տալ» (iren t'uyl dal), read “iren t'uyl dal”. In a live sentence: “Այս ամիս չեմ կրնար ինծի թոյլ տալ” (ays amis chem grnar indzi t'uyl dal) — This month I can't afford it. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ի, ր, ե, ն, թ, ո, յ, լ, տ, ա, լ.
How is “Իրեն թոյլ տալ” (iren t'uyl dal) written in Latin letters?
iren t'uyl dal. 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 'to give oneself permission': թոյլ տալ (t'uyl dal) is to allow. The pronoun bends with the person: ինծի (indzi) թոյլ (t'uyl) կու (gu) տամ (dam) — I allow myself. Here it is the money sense. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.