LingoflyԵս կը կարծեմ
- Ես կը կարծեմyes gə gardzemI think
“Ես կը կարծեմ” (yes gə gardzem) — I think in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Կարծել is 'to consider, to suppose'. After it comes որ (vor), that: Ես կը կարծեմ (yes gə gardzem), որ (vor) սխալ (skhal) է. The ես (yes) can go — the person sits in the ending — and stays when you argue and want to stress 'well, I think'. In a live sentence: “Ես կը կարծեմ, որ կ'արժէ փորձել” (yes gə gardzem, vor g'arzhe p'ortsel) — I think it is worth trying.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Ես կը կարծեմ (yes gə gardzem) |
| Read in Latin letters | yes gə gardzem |
| Translation | I think |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
կարծել is 'to consider, to suppose'. After it comes որ (vor), that: Ես կը կարծեմ (yes gə gardzem), որ (vor) սխալ (skhal) է. The ես (yes) can go — the person sits in the ending — and stays when you argue and want to stress 'well, I think'
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 “I think” in Western Armenian?
«Ես կը կարծեմ» (yes gə gardzem), read “yes gə gardzem”. In a live sentence: “Ես կը կարծեմ, որ կ'արժէ փորձել” (yes gə gardzem, vor g'arzhe p'ortsel) — I think it is worth trying. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ե, ս, կ, ը, կ, ա, ր, ծ, ե, մ.
How is “Ես կը կարծեմ” (yes gə gardzem) written in Latin letters?
yes gə gardzem. 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?
Կարծել is 'to consider, to suppose'. After it comes որ (vor), that: Ես կը կարծեմ (yes gə gardzem), որ (vor) սխալ (skhal) է. The ես (yes) can go — the person sits in the ending — and stays when you argue and want to stress 'well, I think'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.