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- Մինչեւ վերջ հասցնելminchev verch hastsnelto see it through
“Մինչեւ վերջ հասցնել” (minchev verch hastsnel) — to see it through in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Literally մինչեւ վերջ հասցնել (minchev verch hastsnel) — 'to bring to the end'. The English idiom about the mind does not carry over: Armenian speaks of the end. In a live sentence: “Այս գործը պէտք է մինչեւ վերջ հասցնել” (ays kordzə bedk' e minchev verch hastsnel) — This matter must be seen through. Written with the characters Մ, ի, ն, չ, ե, ւ, վ, ե, ր, ջ, հ, ա…
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Մինչեւ վերջ հասցնել (minchev verch hastsnel) |
| Read in Latin letters | minchev verch hastsnel |
| Translation | to see it through |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally մինչեւ վերջ հասցնել (minchev verch hastsnel) — 'to bring to the end'. The English idiom about the mind does not carry over: Armenian speaks of the end
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.
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 see it through” in Western Armenian?
«Մինչեւ վերջ հասցնել» (minchev verch hastsnel), read “minchev verch hastsnel”. In a live sentence: “Այս գործը պէտք է մինչեւ վերջ հասցնել” (ays kordzə bedk' e minchev verch hastsnel) — This matter must be seen through. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Մ, ի, ն, չ, ե, ւ, վ, ե, ր, ջ, հ, ա…
How is “Մինչեւ վերջ հասցնել” (minchev verch hastsnel) written in Latin letters?
minchev verch hastsnel. 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 մինչեւ վերջ հասցնել (minchev verch hastsnel) — 'to bring to the end'. The English idiom about the mind does not carry over: Armenian speaks of the end. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.