LingoflyAsking the way in Western Armenian
18 words in Western Armenian on the topic “asking the way”: Աջ (ach) — right, Ձախ (tsakh) — left, Ուղիղ (ughigh) — straight ahead, Ինչպէս հասնիլ (inchbes hasnil) — how do I get to.
18 words on the topic
- ՁախtsakhleftThe partner of
աջ(ach), right. The ձ sounds like ts as in 'cats', the խ like the ch of 'loch': TSAKH - Ուղիղughighstraight aheadBoth 'straight ahead' about a road and 'exactly, precisely' in general — the key word of every street direction you will be given
- Միւս կողմըmyus goghməon the other side
Կողմ(goghm) is a side. Here the word with its article,կողմը(goghmə), carries the 'where' by itself — no preposition before it - Երկու քայլի վրայyergu k'ayli vratwo steps away
Վրայ(vra) trails behind its word and demands the possessive — that is whyքայլ(k'ayl), step, turns intoքայլի(k'ayli) - Աջ կողմըach goghməto the right ofThe mirror of
ձախ կողմը(tsakh goghmə), and it behaves the same way: the noun in front of it stands in the 'to whom' form - Ճանապարհինjanabarhinon the way
Ճանապարհ(janabarh) is a road — literally a 'foot-path' — and the -ին ending alone says 'on': no preposition in sight
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Աջ (ach) — right. Right is աջ (ach), left is ձախ (tsakh) — the same in both standards. The ջ sounds like ch as in 'church': 'ach'.
Ձախ (tsakh) — left. The partner of աջ (ach), right. The ձ sounds like ts as in 'cats', the խ like the ch of 'loch': TSAKH.
Ուղիղ (ughigh) — straight ahead. Both 'straight ahead' about a road and 'exactly, precisely' in general — the key word of every street direction you will be given.
Ինչպէս հասնիլ (inchbes hasnil) — how do I get to. Armenians ask it with հասնիլ (hasnil), to reach, not with 'to go'. In live speech a question mark sits over the vowel: ինչպէ՞ս (inchbes).
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “right” in Western Armenian?
Right is
աջ(ach), left isձախ(tsakh) — the same in both standards. The ջ sounds like ch as in 'church': 'ach' - How do you say “around the corner” in Western Armenian?
Շրջադարձ(shrchatarts) is a turn. Armenian says not 'around' but 'after the turn': the 'from' ending plusետք(yedk') - How do you say “from there” in Western Armenian?
Հոն(hon) is there and to there; the tail -կէ adds 'from'.Վերեւէն(vereven) andներսէն(nersen) do the same with -էն. From here isհոսկէ(hosge) - How do you say “how do I get to” in Western Armenian?
Armenians ask it with
հասնիլ(hasnil), to reach, not with 'to go'. In live speech a question mark sits over the vowel:ինչպէ՞ս(inchbes) - How do you say “in the middle” in Western Armenian?
Մէջտեղը(mechdeghə) is 'amid';կեդրոնը(gedronə) is dead center — of a square or of a room alike
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Right, left, straight on, how far. You ask the way rarely — and always at the moment when there is no time to work it out.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- 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.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “right” in Western Armenian?
«Աջ» (ach), read “ach”. Right is աջ (ach), left is ձախ (tsakh) — the same in both standards. The ջ sounds like ch as in 'church': 'ach'. It is one of 18 words in the set “asking the way” — the rest are in the table above.
How many direction words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 18 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.