LingoflyՈչ մէկ տեղ
“Ոչ մէկ տեղ” (voch meg degh) — to nowhere in Western Armenian. Adverb, level A1. The same phrase as 'nowhere': the verb decides — ոչ մէկ տեղ (voch meg degh) եղած (yeghadz) չեմ (chem) I have been nowhere, ոչ մէկ տեղ (voch meg degh) չեմ (chem) երթար (yert'ar) I am going nowhere. The negation is compulsory. In a live sentence: “Այսօր ոչ մէկ տեղ չեմ երթար” (aysor voch meg degh chem yert'ar) — Today I am not going anywhere.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ոչ մէկ տեղ (voch meg degh) |
| Read in Latin letters | voch meg degh |
| Translation | to nowhere |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The same phrase as 'nowhere': the verb decides — ոչ մէկ տեղ (voch meg degh) եղած (yeghadz) չեմ (chem) I have been nowhere, ոչ մէկ տեղ (voch meg degh) չեմ (chem) երթար (yert'ar) I am going nowhere. The negation is compulsory
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 nowhere” in Western Armenian?
«Ոչ մէկ տեղ» (voch meg degh), read “voch meg degh”. In a live sentence: “Այսօր ոչ մէկ տեղ չեմ երթար” (aysor voch meg degh chem yert'ar) — Today I am not going anywhere. Adverb, level A1; written with the characters Ո, չ, մ, է, կ, տ, ե, ղ.
How is “Ոչ մէկ տեղ” (voch meg degh) written in Latin letters?
voch meg degh. 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?
The same phrase as 'nowhere': the verb decides — ոչ մէկ տեղ (voch meg degh) եղած (yeghadz) չեմ (chem) I have been nowhere, ոչ մէկ տեղ (voch meg degh) չեմ (chem) երթար (yert'ar) I am going nowhere. The negation is compulsory. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.