LingoflyՔիչ մնաց
- Քիչ մնացk'ich mnatsalmost
“Քիչ մնաց” (k'ich mnats) — almost in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'little remained'. After the phrase the verb goes in the 'would have' form: քիչ մնաց (k'ich mnats) իյնայի (iynayi). In a live sentence: “Քիչ մնաց սառոյցին վրայ իյնայի” (k'ich mnats sarruytsin vra iynayi) — I almost fell on the ice. Written with the characters Ք, ի, չ, մ, ն, ա, ց. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Քիչ մնաց (k'ich mnats) |
| Read in Latin letters | k'ich mnats |
| Translation | almost |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'little remained'. After the phrase the verb goes in the 'would have' form: քիչ մնաց (k'ich mnats) իյնայի (iynayi)
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.
- Քիչ մնաց սառոյցին վրայ իյնայիk'ich mnats sarruytsin vra iynayiI almost fell on the ice
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 “almost” in Western Armenian?
«Քիչ մնաց» (k'ich mnats), read “k'ich mnats”. In a live sentence: “Քիչ մնաց սառոյցին վրայ իյնայի” (k'ich mnats sarruytsin vra iynayi) — I almost fell on the ice. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ք, ի, չ, մ, ն, ա, ց.
How is “Քիչ մնաց” (k'ich mnats) written in Latin letters?
k'ich mnats. 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 'little remained'. After the phrase the verb goes in the 'would have' form: քիչ մնաց (k'ich mnats) իյնայի (iynayi). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.