LingoflyԿիսատ թողուլ
- Կիսատ թողուլgisad t'oghulto give up halfway
“Կիսատ թողուլ” (gisad t'oghul) — to give up halfway in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Կէս (ges) is half and կիսատ (gisad) half-done: literally 'to leave it half'. The same թողուլ (t'oghul) as in դաս բաց թողուլ (tas pats t'oghul). In a live sentence: “Դասընթացը կիսատ թողուցի” (tasənt'atsə gisad t'oghutsi) — I gave up on the course halfway. Written with the characters Կ, ի, ս, ա, տ, թ, ո, ղ, ո, ւ, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Կիսատ թողուլ (gisad t'oghul) |
| Read in Latin letters | gisad t'oghul |
| Translation | to give up halfway |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
կէս (ges) is half and կիսատ (gisad) half-done: literally 'to leave it half'. The same թողուլ (t'oghul) as in դաս բաց թողուլ (tas pats t'oghul)
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.
- Դասընթացը կիսատ թողուցիtasənt'atsə gisad t'oghutsiI gave up on the course halfway
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 give up halfway” in Western Armenian?
«Կիսատ թողուլ» (gisad t'oghul), read “gisad t'oghul”. In a live sentence: “Դասընթացը կիսատ թողուցի” (tasənt'atsə gisad t'oghutsi) — I gave up on the course halfway. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Կ, ի, ս, ա, տ, թ, ո, ղ, ո, ւ, լ.
How is “Կիսատ թողուլ” (gisad t'oghul) written in Latin letters?
gisad t'oghul. 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?
Կէս (ges) is half and կիսատ (gisad) half-done: literally 'to leave it half'. The same թողուլ (t'oghul) as in դաս բաց թողուլ (tas pats t'oghul). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.