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- Տեղ հասնիլdegh hasnilto reach
“Տեղ հասնիլ” (degh hasnil) — to reach in Western Armenian. Verb, level A1. Տեղ (degh) is place: 'reach the place'. Where exactly is often a bare word with no ending: քաղաք (k'aghak') հասնիլ (hasnil), գիւղ (kyugh) պիտի (bidi) հասնինք (hasnink). In a live sentence: “Իրիկունը գիւղ պիտի հասնինք” (irigunə kyugh bidi hasnink') — By evening we will reach the village. Written with the characters Տ, ե, ղ, հ, ա, ս, ն, ի, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Տեղ հասնիլ (degh hasnil) |
| Read in Latin letters | degh hasnil |
| Translation | to reach |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Տեղ (degh) is place: 'reach the place'. Where exactly is often a bare word with no ending: քաղաք (k'aghak') հասնիլ (hasnil), գիւղ (kyugh) պիտի (bidi) հասնինք (hasnink)
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 reach” in Western Armenian?
«Տեղ հասնիլ» (degh hasnil), read “degh hasnil”. In a live sentence: “Իրիկունը գիւղ պիտի հասնինք” (irigunə kyugh bidi hasnink') — By evening we will reach the village. Verb, level A1; written with the characters Տ, ե, ղ, հ, ա, ս, ն, ի, լ.
How is “Տեղ հասնիլ” (degh hasnil) written in Latin letters?
degh hasnil. 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?
Տեղ (degh) is place: 'reach the place'. Where exactly is often a bare word with no ending: քաղաք (k'aghak') հասնիլ (hasnil), գիւղ (kyugh) պիտի (bidi) հասնինք (hasnink). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.