LingoflyՎարդակը չի աշխատիր
- Վարդակը չի աշխատիրvartagə chi ashkhadirthe outlet doesn't work
“Վարդակը չի աշխատիր” (vartagə chi ashkhadir) — the outlet doesn't work in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A1. Վարդակ (vartag) comes from վարդ, rose — the socket is named for the flower. Չի աշխատիր (chi ashkhadir), it does not work: the negation չի (chi) plus a form of աշխատիլ (ashkhadil). In a live sentence: “Այս վարդակը չի աշխատիր” (ays vartagə chi ashkhadir) — This outlet doesn't work.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Վարդակը չի աշխատիր (vartagə chi ashkhadir) |
| Read in Latin letters | vartagə chi ashkhadir |
| Translation | the outlet doesn't work |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Վարդակ (vartag) comes from վարդ, rose — the socket is named for the flower. Չի աշխատիր (chi ashkhadir), it does not work: the negation չի (chi) plus a form of աշխատիլ (ashkhadil)
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 “the outlet doesn't work” in Western Armenian?
«Վարդակը չի աշխատիր» (vartagə chi ashkhadir), read “vartagə chi ashkhadir”. In a live sentence: “Այս վարդակը չի աշխատիր” (ays vartagə chi ashkhadir) — This outlet doesn't work. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters Վ, ա, ր, դ, ա, կ, ը, չ, ի, ա, շ, խ…
How is “Վարդակը չի աշխատիր” (vartagə chi ashkhadir) written in Latin letters?
vartagə chi ashkhadir. 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?
Վարդակ (vartag) comes from վարդ, rose — the socket is named for the flower. Չի աշխատիր (chi ashkhadir), it does not work: the negation չի (chi) plus a form of աշխատիլ (ashkhadil). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.