LingoflyՄարտկոցը նստած է
- Մարտկոցը նստած էmardgotsə nsdadz ethe battery is dead
“Մարտկոցը նստած է” (mardgotsə nsdadz e) — the battery is dead in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Literally 'the battery has sat down': նստել, to sit. And մարտկոց (mardgots) is built on մարտ (mard), battle: a battery is a 'battle-cell'. In a live sentence: “Մարտկոցը նստած է, լիցքաւորիչ ունի՞ք” (mardgotsə nsdadz e, litsk'avorich unik') — The battery is dead — do you have a charger?
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Մարտկոցը նստած է (mardgotsə nsdadz e) |
| Read in Latin letters | mardgotsə nsdadz e |
| Translation | the battery is dead |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
literally 'the battery has sat down': նստել, to sit. And մարտկոց (mardgots) is built on մարտ (mard), battle: a battery is a 'battle-cell'
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.
- Մարտկոցը նստած է, լիցքաւորիչ ունի՞քmardgotsə nsdadz e, litsk'avorich unik'The battery is dead — do you have a charger?
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 “the battery is dead” in Western Armenian?
«Մարտկոցը նստած է» (mardgotsə nsdadz e), read “mardgotsə nsdadz e”. In a live sentence: “Մարտկոցը նստած է, լիցքաւորիչ ունի՞ք” (mardgotsə nsdadz e, litsk'avorich unik') — The battery is dead — do you have a charger? Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Մ, ա, ր, տ, կ, ո, ց, ը, ն, ս, տ, ա…
How is “Մարտկոցը նստած է” (mardgotsə nsdadz e) written in Latin letters?
mardgotsə nsdadz e. 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 'the battery has sat down': նստել, to sit. And մարտկոց (mardgots) is built on մարտ (mard), battle: a battery is a 'battle-cell'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.