Միակողմանի երթեւեկութիւն
- Միակողմանի երթեւեկութիւնmiagoghmani yert'evegut'yunone-way traffic
“Միակողմանի երթեւեկութիւն” (miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun) — one-way traffic in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. Մի (mi) is 'one', կողմ (goghm) is 'side' — the same կողմ (goghm) as in մէկ կողմէն (meg goghmen)… միւս կողմէն (myus goghmen), on the one hand… on the other, coming. In a live sentence: “Այս փողոցին մէջ միակողմանի երթեւեկութիւն է” (ays p'oghotsin mech miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun e) — There is one-way traffic on this street.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Միակողմանի երթեւեկութիւն (miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun) |
| Read in Latin letters | miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun |
| Translation | one-way traffic |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
մի (mi) is 'one', կողմ (goghm) is 'side' — the same կողմ (goghm) as in մէկ կողմէն (meg goghmen)… միւս կողմէն (myus goghmen), on the one hand… on the other, coming
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.
- Այս փողոցին մէջ միակողմանի երթեւեկութիւն էays p'oghotsin mech miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun eThere is one-way traffic on this street
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 “one-way traffic” in Western Armenian?
«Միակողմանի երթեւեկութիւն» (miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun), read “miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun”. In a live sentence: “Այս փողոցին մէջ միակողմանի երթեւեկութիւն է” (ays p'oghotsin mech miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun e) — There is one-way traffic on this street. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Մ, ի, ա, կ, ո, ղ, մ, ա, ն, ի, ե, ր…
How is “Միակողմանի երթեւեկութիւն” (miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun) written in Latin letters?
miagoghmani yert'evegut'yun. 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?
Մի (mi) is 'one', կողմ (goghm) is 'side' — the same կողմ (goghm) as in մէկ կողմէն (meg goghmen)… միւս կողմէն (myus goghmen), on the one hand… on the other, coming. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.