LingoflyԵրէկ չէ առջի օրը
- Երէկ չէ առջի օրըyereg che arrchi orəthe day before yesterday
“Երէկ չէ առջի օրը” (yereg che arrchi orə) — the day before yesterday in Western Armenian. Adverb, level A2. The mirror of the day after tomorrow: literally 'not yesterday but the day before it'. առջի (arrchi) is front, former. In a live sentence: “Երէկ չէ առջի օրը ձիւն կ'իջնէր” (yereg che arrchi orə tsyun g'ichner) — The day before yesterday snow was falling. Written with the characters Ե, ր, է, կ, չ, է, ա, ռ, ջ, ի, օ, ր… A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Երէկ չէ առջի օրը (yereg che arrchi orə) |
| Read in Latin letters | yereg che arrchi orə |
| Translation | the day before yesterday |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
the mirror of the day after tomorrow: literally 'not yesterday but the day before it'. առջի (arrchi) is front, former
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.
- Երէկ չէ առջի օրը ձիւն կ'իջնէրyereg che arrchi orə tsyun g'ichnerThe day before yesterday snow was falling
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 day before yesterday” in Western Armenian?
«Երէկ չէ առջի օրը» (yereg che arrchi orə), read “yereg che arrchi orə”. In a live sentence: “Երէկ չէ առջի օրը ձիւն կ'իջնէր” (yereg che arrchi orə tsyun g'ichner) — The day before yesterday snow was falling. Adverb, level A2; written with the characters Ե, ր, է, կ, չ, է, ա, ռ, ջ, ի, օ, ր…
How is “Երէկ չէ առջի օրը” (yereg che arrchi orə) written in Latin letters?
yereg che arrchi orə. 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?
The mirror of the day after tomorrow: literally 'not yesterday but the day before it'. առջի (arrchi) is front, former. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.