LingoflyԿոկորդս կը ցաւի
- Կոկորդս կը ցաւիgogorts gə tsavimy throat hurts
“Կոկորդս կը ցաւի” (gogorts gə tsavi) — my throat hurts in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Your own body parts take -ս and no word for 'my': կոկորդ (gogort) + -ս, exactly as in գլուխս կը ցաւի (klukhs gə tsavi). Իմ (im) կոկորդը is grammatical but not how Armenians say it. In a live sentence: “Երէկուանէ կոկորդս կը ցաւի” (yereguane gogorts gə tsavi) — My throat has been hurting since yesterday. Written with the characters Կ, ո, կ, ո, ր, դ, ս, կ, ը, ց, ա, ւ…
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Կոկորդս կը ցաւի (gogorts gə tsavi) |
| Read in Latin letters | gogorts gə tsavi |
| Translation | my throat hurts |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Your own body parts take -ս and no word for 'my': կոկորդ (gogort) + -ս, exactly as in գլուխս կը ցաւի (klukhs gə tsavi). Իմ (im) կոկորդը is grammatical but not how Armenians say it
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.
- Երէկուանէ կոկորդս կը ցաւիyereguane gogorts gə tsaviMy throat has been hurting since yesterday
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 “my throat hurts” in Western Armenian?
«Կոկորդս կը ցաւի» (gogorts gə tsavi), read “gogorts gə tsavi”. In a live sentence: “Երէկուանէ կոկորդս կը ցաւի” (yereguane gogorts gə tsavi) — My throat has been hurting since yesterday. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Կ, ո, կ, ո, ր, դ, ս, կ, ը, ց, ա, ւ…
How is “Կոկորդս կը ցաւի” (gogorts gə tsavi) written in Latin letters?
gogorts gə tsavi. 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?
Your own body parts take -ս and no word for 'my': կոկորդ (gogort) + -ս, exactly as in գլուխս կը ցաւի (klukhs gə tsavi). Իմ (im) կոկորդը is grammatical but not how Armenians say it. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.