LingoflyԿիսով չափ բաժանել
- Կիսով չափ բաժանելgisov chap' pazhanelto split in half
“Կիսով չափ բաժանել” (gisov chap' pazhanel) — to split in half in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Չափ (chap) is a measure, so կիսով (gisov) չափ (chap) is 'by half a measure'. The phrase is a little more formal than կիսել and works for work just as well as for money. In a live sentence: “Ծախսերը կիսով չափ բաժանեցինք” (dzakhserə gisov chap' pazhanetsink') — We split the expenses in half. Written with the characters Կ, ի, ս, ո, վ, չ, ա, փ, բ, ա, ժ, ա…
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Կիսով չափ բաժանել (gisov chap' pazhanel) |
| Read in Latin letters | gisov chap' pazhanel |
| Translation | to split in half |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
չափ (chap) is a measure, so կիսով (gisov) չափ (chap) is 'by half a measure'. The phrase is a little more formal than կիսել and works for work just as well as for money
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.
- Ծախսերը կիսով չափ բաժանեցինքdzakhserə gisov chap' pazhanetsink'We split the expenses in half
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 split in half” in Western Armenian?
«Կիսով չափ բաժանել» (gisov chap' pazhanel), read “gisov chap' pazhanel”. In a live sentence: “Ծախսերը կիսով չափ բաժանեցինք” (dzakhserə gisov chap' pazhanetsink') — We split the expenses in half. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Կ, ի, ս, ո, վ, չ, ա, փ, բ, ա, ժ, ա…
How is “Կիսով չափ բաժանել” (gisov chap' pazhanel) written in Latin letters?
gisov chap' pazhanel. 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?
Չափ (chap) is a measure, so կիսով (gisov) չափ (chap) is 'by half a measure'. The phrase is a little more formal than կիսել and works for work just as well as for money. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.