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- Թոշակի անցնիլt'oshagi antsnilto retire
“Թոշակի անցնիլ” (t'oshagi antsnil) — to retire in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'to pass over to the pension': անցնիլ (antsnil) is to cross over. The retirement age is թոշակային տարիք (darik'). In a live sentence: “Հայրս անցեալ տարի թոշակի անցաւ” (hayrs antsyal dari t'oshagi antsav) — My father retired last year. Written with the characters Թ, ո, շ, ա, կ, ի, ա, ն, ց, ն, ի, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Թոշակի անցնիլ (t'oshagi antsnil) |
| Read in Latin letters | t'oshagi antsnil |
| Translation | to retire |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to pass over to the pension': անցնիլ (antsnil) is to cross over. The retirement age is թոշակային տարիք (darik')
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 retire” in Western Armenian?
«Թոշակի անցնիլ» (t'oshagi antsnil), read “t'oshagi antsnil”. In a live sentence: “Հայրս անցեալ տարի թոշակի անցաւ” (hayrs antsyal dari t'oshagi antsav) — My father retired last year. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Թ, ո, շ, ա, կ, ի, ա, ն, ց, ն, ի, լ.
How is “Թոշակի անցնիլ” (t'oshagi antsnil) written in Latin letters?
t'oshagi antsnil. 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?
Literally 'to pass over to the pension': անցնիլ (antsnil) is to cross over. The retirement age is թոշակային տարիք (darik'). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.