LingoflyԵրեւիլ
- Երեւիլyerevilto look
“Երեւիլ” (yerevil) — to look in Western Armenian. Verb, level A1. Literally 'to seem, to be visible': լաւ (lav) կ'երեւիս (g'erevis) — you look well, in the present tense. In a live sentence: “Այսօր յոգնած կ'երեւիս” (aysor hoknadz g'erevis) — Today you look tired. Written with the characters Ե, ր, ե, ւ, ի, լ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Երեւիլ (yerevil) |
| Read in Latin letters | yerevil |
| Translation | to look |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to seem, to be visible': լաւ (lav) կ'երեւիս (g'erevis) — you look well, in the present tense
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 look” in Western Armenian?
«Երեւիլ» (yerevil), read “yerevil”. In a live sentence: “Այսօր յոգնած կ'երեւիս” (aysor hoknadz g'erevis) — Today you look tired. Verb, level A1; written with the characters Ե, ր, ե, ւ, ի, լ.
How is “Երեւիլ” (yerevil) written in Latin letters?
yerevil. 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 seem, to be visible': լաւ (lav) կ'երեւիս (g'erevis) — you look well, in the present tense. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.