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- Ցուցահանդէսtsutsahantesexhibition
“Ցուցահանդէս” (tsutsahantes) — exhibition in Western Armenian. Noun, level B1. The ց stands at the beginning and in the middle — a ts on an exhale, not the ծ of ծառայութիւն (dzarrayut'yun). In a live sentence: “Ցուցահանդէսը բաց է մինչեւ ամսուան վերջ” (tsutsahantesə pats e minchev amsvan verch) — The exhibition is open until the end of the month. Written with the characters Ց, ո, ւ, ց, ա, հ, ա, ն, դ, է, ս. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ցուցահանդէս (tsutsahantes) |
| Read in Latin letters | tsutsahantes |
| Translation | exhibition |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
the ց stands at the beginning and in the middle — a ts on an exhale, not the ծ of ծառայութիւն (dzarrayut'yun)
Why it looks that way
ցոյց (tsuyts) is a showing and հանդէս is a gathering, a journal. The shop window is ցուցափեղկ (tsutsap'eghg), built on the same root
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 “exhibition” in Western Armenian?
«Ցուցահանդէս» (tsutsahantes), read “tsutsahantes”. The ց stands at the beginning and in the middle — a ts on an exhale, not the ծ of ծառայութիւն (dzarrayut'yun). In a live sentence: “Ցուցահանդէսը բաց է մինչեւ ամսուան վերջ” (tsutsahantesə pats e minchev amsvan verch) — The exhibition is open until the end of the month. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Ց, ո, ւ, ց, ա, հ, ա, ն, դ, է, ս.
How is “Ցուցահանդէս” (tsutsahantes) written in Latin letters?
tsutsahantes. 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?
Ցոյց (tsuyts) is a showing and հանդէս is a gathering, a journal. The shop window is ցուցափեղկ (tsutsap'eghg), built on the same root. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.