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- Երկու օր ետքyergu or yedk'in two days
“Երկու օր ետք” (yergu or yedk') — in two days in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. The English "in" a span of time is ետք (yedk') placed after it: մէկ (meg) ժամ (zham) ետք (yedk') — in an hour, մէկ շաբաթ (meg shapat') ետք (yedk') — in a week. In a live sentence: “Երկու օր ետք պիտի վերադառնամ” (yergu or yedk' bidi veratarrnam) — I will be back in two days. Written with the characters Ե, ր, կ, ո, ւ, օ, ր, ե, տ, ք.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Երկու օր ետք (yergu or yedk') |
| Read in Latin letters | yergu or yedk' |
| Translation | in two days |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
the English "in" a span of time is ետք (yedk') placed after it: մէկ (meg) ժամ (zham) ետք (yedk') — in an hour, մէկ շաբաթ (meg shapat') ետք (yedk') — in a week
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.
- Երկու օր ետք պիտի վերադառնամyergu or yedk' bidi veratarrnamI will be back in two days
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 “in two days” in Western Armenian?
«Երկու օր ետք» (yergu or yedk'), read “yergu or yedk'”. In a live sentence: “Երկու օր ետք պիտի վերադառնամ” (yergu or yedk' bidi veratarrnam) — I will be back in two days. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Ե, ր, կ, ո, ւ, օ, ր, ե, տ, ք.
How is “Երկու օր ետք” (yergu or yedk') written in Latin letters?
yergu or yedk'. 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 English "in" a span of time is ետք (yedk') placed after it: մէկ (meg) ժամ (zham) ետք (yedk') — in an hour, մէկ շաբաթ (meg shapat') ետք (yedk') — in a week. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.