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- Եթէ չեմ սխալիրyet'e chem skhalirif I am not mistaken
“Եթէ չեմ սխալիր” (yet'e chem skhalir) — if I am not mistaken in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Սխալիլ is to err, and սխալ (skhal) is a mistake. The negation չ- clings to the auxiliary եմ (em). In a live sentence: “Եթէ չեմ սխալիր, անցեալ տարի հանդիպած ենք” (yet'e chem skhalir, antsyal dari hantibadz enk') — If I am not mistaken, we met last year. Written with the characters Ե, թ, է, չ, ե, մ, ս, խ, ա, լ, ի, ր.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Եթէ չեմ սխալիր (yet'e chem skhalir) |
| Read in Latin letters | yet'e chem skhalir |
| Translation | if I am not mistaken |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
սխալիլ is to err, and սխալ (skhal) is a mistake. The negation չ- clings to the auxiliary եմ (em)
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 “if I am not mistaken” in Western Armenian?
«Եթէ չեմ սխալիր» (yet'e chem skhalir), read “yet'e chem skhalir”. In a live sentence: “Եթէ չեմ սխալիր, անցեալ տարի հանդիպած ենք” (yet'e chem skhalir, antsyal dari hantibadz enk') — If I am not mistaken, we met last year. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ե, թ, է, չ, ե, մ, ս, խ, ա, լ, ի, ր.
How is “Եթէ չեմ սխալիր” (yet'e chem skhalir) written in Latin letters?
yet'e chem skhalir. 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?
Սխալիլ is to err, and սխալ (skhal) is a mistake. The negation չ- clings to the auxiliary եմ (em). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.