AN INTRODUCTION TO ARMENIAN The text accompanies the following fourteen (14) audio tracks: • AR_Armenian_Lesson_1.mp3 (Time: 1:49) (File Size: 1.67 MB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_2.mp3 (Time: 2:53) (File Size: 2.64 MB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_3.mp3 (Time: 1:28) (File Size: 1.34 MB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_4.mp3 (Time: 3:51) (File Size: 3.53 MB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_5.mp3 (Time: 0:44) (File Size: 688 KB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_6.mp3 (Time: 0:42) (File Size: 669 KIB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_7.mp3 (Time: 0:31) (File Size: 485 KB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_8.mp3 (Time: 3:54) (File Size: 3.58 MB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_9.mp3 (Time: 3:03) (File Size: 2.79 MB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_10.mp3 (Time: 0:59) (File Size: 926 KB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_11.mp3 (Time: 1:56) (File Size: 1.77 MB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_12.mp3 (Time: 2:38) (File Size: 2.42 MB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_13.mp3 (Time: 2:00) (File Size: 1.83 MB) • AR_Armenian_Lesson_14.mp3 (Time: 3:40) (File Size: 3.36 MB) Lesson 1: WELCOME TO ARMENIA Armenian Transliteration English Բարի գալուստ Հայաստան: bari galust hayastan Welcome to Armenia. Բարև ձեզ, ես Արթուրն եմ: barev dzez, yes arturn em. Hello, I am Artur. Բարև ձեզ, իմ անունը Լուսինե է: barev dzez im anun@Lusineh e. Hello, my name is Lusineh. Ես հայ եմ: yes hay em. I am Armenian. Ես ապրում եմ Հայաստանում: yes aprum em hayastanum. I live in Armenia. Ես խոսում եմ հայերեն: yes khosum em hayeren. I speak Armenian. Իսկ ես Անդրեան եմ: isk yes andrean em. And I am Andrea. Ես ամերիկացի եմ: yes amerikatsi em. I am American. Pre-departure Language Materials, Peace Corps/Armenia 1
An introductory Armenian language course prepared by the U.S. Peace Corps for its volunteers. View and download the full course (with audio) at: http://www.101languages.net/peace-corps-courses/
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1. AN INTRODUCTION TO ARMENIAN The text accompanies the
following fourteen (14) audio tracks: AR_Armenian_Lesson_1.mp3
(Time: 1:49) (File Size: 1.67 MB) AR_Armenian_Lesson_2.mp3 (Time:
2:53) (File Size: 2.64 MB) AR_Armenian_Lesson_3.mp3 (Time: 1:28)
(File Size: 1.34 MB) AR_Armenian_Lesson_4.mp3 (Time: 3:51) (File
Size: 3.53 MB) AR_Armenian_Lesson_5.mp3 (Time: 0:44) (File Size:
688 KB) AR_Armenian_Lesson_6.mp3 (Time: 0:42) (File Size: 669 KIB)
AR_Armenian_Lesson_7.mp3 (Time: 0:31) (File Size: 485 KB)
AR_Armenian_Lesson_8.mp3 (Time: 3:54) (File Size: 3.58 MB)
AR_Armenian_Lesson_9.mp3 (Time: 3:03) (File Size: 2.79 MB)
AR_Armenian_Lesson_10.mp3 (Time: 0:59) (File Size: 926 KB)
AR_Armenian_Lesson_11.mp3 (Time: 1:56) (File Size: 1.77 MB)
AR_Armenian_Lesson_12.mp3 (Time: 2:38) (File Size: 2.42 MB)
AR_Armenian_Lesson_13.mp3 (Time: 2:00) (File Size: 1.83 MB)
AR_Armenian_Lesson_14.mp3 (Time: 3:40) (File Size: 3.36 MB) Lesson
1: WELCOME TO ARMENIA Armenian Transliteration English : bari
galust hayastan Welcome to Armenia. , : barev dzez, yes arturn em.
Hello, I am Artur. , : barev dzez im anun@Lusineh e. Hello, my name
is Lusineh. : yes hay em. I am Armenian. : yes aprum em hayastanum.
I live in Armenia. : yes khosum em hayeren. I speak Armenian. : isk
yes andrean em. And I am Andrea. : yes amerikatsi em. I am
American. Pre-departure Language Materials, Peace Corps/Armenia
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2. : hima yes aprum em hayastanum. Now I live in Armenia. : yes
khosum em angleren yev mi kich hayeren. I speak English and a
little Armenian. : yes kamavor em. I am a volunteer. : yes sirum em
hayastan@ I love Armenia. Lesson 2: VOCABULARY 1 barev dzez hello
(pl., formal) yes I : yes arturn em I am Artur. im my anun name :
im anun@Artur e. My name is Artur. hay Armenian : yes hay em. I am
Armenian. aprum em I live hayastan Armenia : yes aprym em
hayastanum. I live in Armenia. khosum em I speak hayeren Armenian :
yes khosum em hayeren. I speak Armenian. isk and (at the beginning)
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3. amerikatsi American : isk yes amerikatsi em. And I am
American. hima now : hima yes aprum em hayastanum. Now I live in
Armenia. angleren English mi kich a little yev and : yes khosum em
angleren yev mi kich hayeren. I speak English and a little
Armenian. kamavor volunteer : yes kamavor em. I am a volunteer.
sirum em I love yes sirum em hayastan@ I love Armenia. : . (period)
Lesson 3: VOCABULARY 2 hacheli nice, pleasant urakh happy duk you
(formal or plural) , () ayo, (ha, clq.) yes, lav good, fine
vochinch (here) OK - kamats-kamats (here) so-so Pre-departure
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4. shnorhakalutyun thank you inch what Yerevan in Yerevan
(Yerevan - the capital city of Armenia) ashkhatum ek? Do you work?
usutsich teacher () voch (che,clq.) no Gyumrium in Gyumri (Gyumri -
a city in Armenia. question mark ? Lesson 4: VOCABULARY 3 Nouns:
hats bread panir cheese muraba jam jur water tey tea surch coffee
garejur beer paghpaghak ice-cream toms ticket hyuranots hotel
dprots school khohanots kitchen senyak room Pre-departure Language
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5. zukaran bathroom poghots street Avtobus bus Mis meat Glukh
head Stamoks stomach Bazhak glass (cup) Verbs: Utel to eat kh@mel
to drink Uzel to want Khosel to speak Asel to say haskanal to
understand Sirel to love Zangel to call Tsavel to ache hangstanal
to rest, to relax Knel to sleep Adjectives: Lav good Vat bad Hamov
delicious Pre-departure Language Materials, Peace Corps/Armenia
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6. kaghts@r sweet Aghi salty Yughot greasy dandagh slow(ly)
Hoknats tired Sovats hungry Kusht full Hivand sick Shok hot (ab.
weather) Tsurt cold (ab. weather) Tak warm (ab. weather and things)
sarr@ cold (ab. weather and things) Shat very; many, or much Kich
few, little Lesson 5: PERSONAL PRONOUNS yes I du you (sg.) na
he/she menk we duk you (pl., formal) n@rank they Pre-departure
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7. PERSONAL PRONOUNS WITH AUXILIARY VERBS (No Audio) Yes em I
am Du es You are Na e He is, she is Menk enk We are Duk ek You are
N@rank en They are Lesson 6: GREETINGS : barev Hello (informal). :
barev dzez Hello (formal, plural). : bari luys Good morning. : bari
yereko Good evening. ( ): vonts es (inchpes es)? How are you?
(informal, single) ( ): vonts ek (inchpes ek) How are you? (formal
or plural) Lesson 7: SAYING GOOD BYE tsetesutyun good bye arrayzhm
so long hajoghutyun good luck bari gisher good night Pre-departure
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8. Lesson 8: SOME BASIC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS : sa inch e?
What's this? : sa panir e. This is cheese. : sa muraba e. This is
jam (with whole fruits) : sa jur e. This is water. (): uzum ek
(es)? Do you want? (Informal, formal). : ayo. Yes. , : voch,
snorhakalutyun. No, thank you. : utel uzum ek? Would you like to
eat? , : ha, sovats em. Yes, I am hungry. , , : che, kusht em
snorhakalutyun. No, I am full, thank you. : vortegh e? Where is? :
vortegh e hyuranots@? Where is the hotel? : vortegh e d@prots@?
Where is the school? : vortegh e im senyak@? Where is my room? - :
vortegh e poghots@? Where is ___ street? (): vortegh e zukaran@.
(khohanots@)? Where is the bathroom (kitchen)? (): aystegh
(ayntegh). Here (there). (): inch arzhe? (arzhi- clq.) How much is
it? (What does it cost?) : hatsn inch arzhe? How much is the bread?
: yerku haryur dram. 200 drams. Pre-departure Language Materials,
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9. : inch arzhi paghpaghak? How much is the ice- cream?
haryurksan dram. 120 drams. : inch arzhe garejur@ How much is the
beer? : yerkuharyur. 200. : Inch arzhe toms@. How much is the
ticket (fare). : hisun dram. 50 drams : ur e gnum aftobus@? Where
is the bus going? : vanadzor. Vanadzor. : ays aftobys@gnum e
gyumri? Is this bus going to Gyumri? (): ayo (voch). Yes (no). :
kareli e? May I? : kareli e zangel? May I call? : iharke. Sure. ()
: mi bazhak tey (surch) kareli e? Can I have a cup of tea(coffee)?
, : aha kh@ndrem. Here you are. Lesson 9: SOME OTHER USEFUL
EXPRESSIONS AND PHRASES : ch@gitem hayeren. I don't know Armenian.
: chem haskanum I don't understand. : lav chem khosum hayeren. I
don't speak Armenian well. : kh@ntrum em dandagh khosek. Please
speak slowly. Pre-departure Language Materials, Peace Corps/Armenia
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10. : norits asek. Say it again. : karogh em. I can. : chem
karogh. I can't. : sirum em. I love (smt.- like) : chem sirum I
don't like. : chem sirum mis. I don't like meat. : yughot chem
sirum. I don't like greasy food. : hognats em. I am tired. :
glukh@s tsavum e. I have a headache : hivand em. I am sick. :
stamoks@s tsavum e. I have a stomach-ache. : uzum em hangstanal. I
want to rest. : uzum em k@nel. I want to sleep. : uzum em loghanal.
I want to take a bath. : chem uzum. I don't want. : chem uzum
kh@mel. I don't want to drink. : chem uzum utel. I don't want to
eat. : shok e. It's hot. : tsurt e. It's cold. : chash@tak e. The
dinner is hot. : tey@ sarrn e. The tea is cold. : hamov e. It is
delicious. : shat hamov e. It is very delicious. Pre-departure
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11. Lesson 10: POPULAR ARMENIAN NAMES For Females: Anahit
Karineh Marineh Narineh Anush Hasmik Arpi Ani Lilit Lussineh
Armineh For Males: Armen Ashot Gagik Aram Tigran Gevorg Hayk Davit
Suren Pre-departure Language Materials, Peace Corps/Armenia 11
12. Artur Samvel Lesson 11: COUNTRIES, NATIONALITIES, LANGUAGES
[hayastan] [hay] [hayeren] Armenia Armenian Armenian (language)
[amerika] [amerikatsi] [angleren] America American English
[fransia] [fransiatsi] [franseren] France French French [germania]
[germanatsi] [germaneren] Germany German German [meksika]
[meksikatsi] [ispaneren] Mexico Mexican Spanish [rrusastan] [rrus]
[rruseren] Russia Russian Russian [chinastan] [chinatsi] [chinaren]
China Chinese Chinese [vrastan] [vratsi] [vratseren] Georgia
Georgian Georgian Pre-departure Language Materials, Peace
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13. Lesson 12: SMALL TALK Conversation 1. , : barev dzez yes
Andrea Caple-n em Hello, I am Andrea Caple. , : shat hacheli e, isk
im anun@artur e. Nice to meet you and my name is Artur. : : urakh
em. duk hay ek? Happy to meet you. Are you Armenian? , : ayo, isk
duk? Yes, and you? : yes amerikatsi em. I am American. Conversation
2. , : barev lusine, vonts es? Hello Lussine, how are you? , - :
lav em, shnorhakalutyun. isk duk? Fine, thanks. And you? , -:
vochinch, kamats- kamats. So-so, OK. Conversation 3. : inch e dzer
anun@? What is your name? : Gayaneh. Gayaneh. : duk aprum ek
gyumrium? Do you live in Gyumri? Pre-departure Language Materials,
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14. , : Voch, yerevanum. No, in Yerevan. : ashkhatum ek? Do you
work? , : Ayo, usutsich em. Yes, I am a teacher. Lesson 13: NUMBERS
mek one yerku two yerek three chors four hing five vets six yot
seven ut eight in@ nine tas ten tasnmek eleven tasnerku twelve
tasnerek thirteen tasnechors fourteen tasnehing fifteen tasnevets
sixteen tasneyot seventeen tasnut eighteen Pre-departure Language
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15. tasnin@ nineteen ksan twenty yeresun thirty karrasun forty
hisun fifty vatsun sixty yotanasun seventy utsun eighty innsun
ninety haryur one hundred hazar one thousand Lesson 14: THE
ARMENIAN ALPHABET Armenian Sound As in a car b brown g grey d dry
ye (at the beginning) e (in other positions) yet where z zoo e get
@ alone t tale zh measure Pre-departure Language Materials, Peace
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16. i big l lake kh (Scotish loch) ts ts (without aspiration) k
sky h hen dz words gh as in French apres ch ch (without aspiration)
m make y yet n nine sh sheep vo (at the beginning), o (in the
middle) voice voice ch chair p (unaspirated) spa j jar rr Spanish
burro s song v venture t (unaspirated) stare r very (more like the
British one) ts cats u moon Pre-departure Language Materials, Peace
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17. p pear k kind yev (alone or at the beginning) ev yev ever o
voice f father , , Lav, dzez hajoghutyun, kehandipenk hayastanum
Thats enough. Good luck. We will see you in Armenia. Pre-departure
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