LingoflyԱսիկա գործին չի վերաբերիր
- Ասիկա գործին չի վերաբերիրasiga kordzin chi veraperirthat's beside the point
“Ասիկա գործին չի վերաբերիր” (asiga kordzin chi veraperir) — that's beside the point in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Վերաբերիլ means to relate to, and what it relates to takes the 'to whom' form: գործին (kordzin). Softer: ասիկա (asiga) այլ (ayl) հարց (harts) է, that is another question. In a live sentence: “Հետաքրքիր է, բայց ասիկա գործին չի վերաբերիր” (hedak'rk'ir e, payts asiga kordzin chi veraperir) — That's interesting, but it's beside the point. Written with the characters Ա, ս, ի, կ, ա, գ, ո, ր, ծ, ի, ն, չ…
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ասիկա գործին չի վերաբերիր (asiga kordzin chi veraperir) |
| Read in Latin letters | asiga kordzin chi veraperir |
| Translation | that's beside the point |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
վերաբերիլ means to relate to, and what it relates to takes the 'to whom' form: գործին (kordzin). Softer: ասիկա (asiga) այլ (ayl) հարց (harts) է, that is another question
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 “that's beside the point” in Western Armenian?
«Ասիկա գործին չի վերաբերիր» (asiga kordzin chi veraperir), read “asiga kordzin chi veraperir”. In a live sentence: “Հետաքրքիր է, բայց ասիկա գործին չի վերաբերիր” (hedak'rk'ir e, payts asiga kordzin chi veraperir) — That's interesting, but it's beside the point. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ա, ս, ի, կ, ա, գ, ո, ր, ծ, ի, ն, չ…
How is “Ասիկա գործին չի վերաբերիր” (asiga kordzin chi veraperir) written in Latin letters?
asiga kordzin chi veraperir. 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?
Վերաբերիլ means to relate to, and what it relates to takes the 'to whom' form: գործին (kordzin). Softer: ասիկա (asiga) այլ (ayl) հարց (harts) է, that is another question. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.