LingoflyՄիւս կողմը
- Միւս կողմըmyus goghməon the other side
“Միւս կողմը” (myus goghmə) — on the other side in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A1, topic — asking the way. Կողմ (goghm) is a side. Here the word with its article, կողմը (goghmə), carries the 'where' by itself — no preposition before it. In a live sentence: “Դեղատունը փողոցին միւս կողմն է” (teghadunə p'oghotsin myus goghmn e) — The pharmacy is on the other side of the street. Written with the characters Մ, ի, ւ, ս, կ, ո, ղ, մ, ը.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Միւս կողմը (myus goghmə) |
| Read in Latin letters | myus goghmə |
| Translation | on the other side |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Կողմ (goghm) is a side. Here the word with its article, կողմը (goghmə), carries the 'where' by itself — no preposition before 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.
- Դեղատունը փողոցին միւս կողմն էteghadunə p'oghotsin myus goghmn eThe pharmacy is on the other side of the street
Nearby words: asking the way
Right, left, straight on, how far. You ask the way rarely — and always at the moment when there is no time to work it out.
- ՁախtsakhleftThe partner of
աջ(ach), right. The ձ sounds like ts as in 'cats', the խ like the ch of 'loch': TSAKH - Ուղիղughighstraight aheadBoth 'straight ahead' about a road and 'exactly, precisely' in general — the key word of every street direction you will be given
- Երկու քայլի վրայyergu k'ayli vratwo steps away
Վրայ(vra) trails behind its word and demands the possessive — that is whyքայլ(k'ayl), step, turns intoքայլի(k'ayli) - Աջ կողմըach goghməto the right ofThe mirror of
ձախ կողմը(tsakh goghmə), and it behaves the same way: the noun in front of it stands in the 'to whom' form
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “asking the way”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “on the other side” in Western Armenian?
Կողմ (goghm) is a side. Here the word with its article, կողմը (goghmə), carries the 'where' by itself — no preposition before it
- How do you say “around the corner” in Western Armenian?
Շրջադարձ (shrchatarts) is a turn. Armenian says not 'around' but 'after the turn': the 'from' ending plus ետք (yedk')
- How do you say “straight ahead” in Western Armenian?
Both 'straight ahead' about a road and 'exactly, precisely' in general — the key word of every street direction you will be given
- How do you say “in the middle” in Western Armenian?
Մէջտեղը (mechdeghə) is 'amid'; կեդրոնը (gedronə) is dead center — of a square or of a room alike
- How do you say “two steps away” in Western Armenian?
Վրայ (vra) trails behind its word and demands the possessive — that is why քայլ (k'ayl), step, turns into քայլի (k'ayli)
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 “on the other side” in Western Armenian?
«Միւս կողմը» (myus goghmə), read “myus goghmə”. In a live sentence: “Դեղատունը փողոցին միւս կողմն է” (teghadunə p'oghotsin myus goghmn e) — The pharmacy is on the other side of the street. Phrase, level A1, from the set “asking the way”; written with the characters Մ, ի, ւ, ս, կ, ո, ղ, մ, ը.
How is “Միւս կողմը” (myus goghmə) written in Latin letters?
myus goghmə. 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?
Կողմ (goghm) is a side. Here the word with its article, կողմը (goghmə), carries the 'where' by itself — no preposition before it. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.