LingoflyԵթէ դժուար չէ
- Եթէ դժուար չէyet'e tzhuar cheif it's not too much trouble
“Եթէ դժուար չէ” (yet'e tzhuar che) — if it's not too much trouble in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Եթէ (yet'e) if, դժուար (tzhvar) hard, չէ (che) is-not. The negation of the little verb is written as a separate word չէ (che), not the prefix — an exception to the usual չ-. In a live sentence: “Եթէ դժուար չէ, օգնէ ինծի” (yet'e tzhuar che, okne indzi) — If it's not too much trouble, help me. Written with the characters Ե, թ, է, դ, ժ, ո, ւ, ա, ր, չ, է.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Եթէ դժուար չէ (yet'e tzhuar che) |
| Read in Latin letters | yet'e tzhuar che |
| Translation | if it's not too much trouble |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
եթէ (yet'e) if, դժուար (tzhvar) hard, չէ (che) is-not. The negation of the little verb is written as a separate word չէ (che), not the prefix — an exception to the usual չ-
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.
- Եթէ դժուար չէ, օգնէ ինծիyet'e tzhuar che, okne indziIf it's not too much trouble, help me
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 it's not too much trouble” in Western Armenian?
«Եթէ դժուար չէ» (yet'e tzhuar che), read “yet'e tzhuar che”. In a live sentence: “Եթէ դժուար չէ, օգնէ ինծի” (yet'e tzhuar che, okne indzi) — If it's not too much trouble, help me. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ե, թ, է, դ, ժ, ո, ւ, ա, ր, չ, է.
How is “Եթէ դժուար չէ” (yet'e tzhuar che) written in Latin letters?
yet'e tzhuar che. 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?
Եթէ (yet'e) if, դժուար (tzhvar) hard, չէ (che) is-not. The negation of the little verb is written as a separate word չէ (che), not the prefix — an exception to the usual չ-. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.