LingoflyՓաստաթուղթի պատճէն
- Փաստաթուղթի պատճէնp'asdat'ught'i badjendocument copy
“Փաստաթուղթի պատճէն” (p'asdat'ught'i badjen) — document copy in Western Armenian. Noun, level A2. Classical spelling keeps the ու (u) in the possessive: p'as-da-t'ugh-TEE. In a live sentence: “Փաստաթուղթի պատճէնը երկու օրինակով բերէք” (p'asdat'ught'i badjenə yergu orinagov perek') — Bring the document copy in two copies. Written with the characters Փ, ա, ս, տ, ա, թ, ո, ւ, ղ, թ, ի, պ… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Փաստաթուղթի պատճէն (p'asdat'ught'i badjen) |
| Read in Latin letters | p'asdat'ught'i badjen |
| Translation | document copy |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
Classical spelling keeps the ու (u) in the possessive: p'as-da-t'ugh-TEE
Why it looks that way
փաստ (p'asd) is 'fact', թուղթ (t'ught') is 'paper': a document is literally a 'paper of fact'. Պատճէն (badjen) is 'a copy'; to photocopy is պատճէնել
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.
- Փաստաթուղթի պատճէնը երկու օրինակով բերէքp'asdat'ught'i badjenə yergu orinagov perek'Bring the document copy in two copies
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 “document copy” in Western Armenian?
«Փաստաթուղթի պատճէն» (p'asdat'ught'i badjen), read “p'asdat'ught'i badjen”. Classical spelling keeps the ու (u) in the possessive: p'as-da-t'ugh-TEE. In a live sentence: “Փաստաթուղթի պատճէնը երկու օրինակով բերէք” (p'asdat'ught'i badjenə yergu orinagov perek') — Bring the document copy in two copies. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Փ, ա, ս, տ, ա, թ, ո, ւ, ղ, թ, ի, պ…
How is “Փաստաթուղթի պատճէն” (p'asdat'ught'i badjen) written in Latin letters?
p'asdat'ught'i badjen. 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?
Փաստ (p'asd) is 'fact', թուղթ (t'ught') is 'paper': a document is literally a 'paper of fact'. Պատճէն (badjen) is 'a copy'; to photocopy is պատճէնել. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.